The boss doesn't recognize that his own passiveness is as persistent and frustrating as Bartleby's . Or that his genteel , self- interested interest in Bartleby is leading to no good . Can you think of other ironies?
One irony that sticks to my head is the narrator's profession. As we know, the narrator (lawyer) owns a office on Wall Street. When we think of Wall Street, the first thing that comes to my mind is strict money. Wall Street is like a casino, the only thing different is that people gamble their life savings to make more. With that being said, Wall Street should be a strict atomsphere. In the story, we're aware that the narrator moves his office location because Bartelby refuses to leave. For the narrator to just get up and leave just because of Bartlbey's refusal trigger my thoughts.
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