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In “Bartleby, the Scrivener” by Herman Melville was a most interesting story. The characters were very interesting to the reader. The narrator is an interesting man who is difficult to completely understand and his thoughts seem unclear even to himself. He is also a very innocent and an unreliable narrator. Innocent in this case means that the narrator puts up with a lot of the employees’ antics, avoids conflicts and at the fact the narrator doesn’t know that Bartleby is blind. Any other boss would have fired these employees and would try to resolve conflicts that were going on in the office. The unreliable narrator also goes to a lot of trouble in trying to help Bartleby but only helps because it gratifies himself. The narrator manipulates the audience by showing sincerity for Bartley and then comes around by treating him differently. There is no doubt that the narrator puts up with the behavior of his employees. One of his employees is an old man named Turkey, who is sober in the morning, but in the afternoon becomes insolent. Any other person would have fired Turkey, when he becomes insolent towards his fellow workers and clients, but the narrator generally leaves him alone. One can conclude he is being a “safe” m