Bartleby

A literary story (from a Herman Melville tale) about a young man who is out of touch with his surroundings and eventually withdraws into a cocoon. McEnery is Bartleby, a clerk who refuses to adjust to the society around him. He gets a job with Scofield, an accountant, but won't do what is required of him. McEnery has a code of behavior from which he will not deviate, nor will he explain it. Exasperated, Scofield fires the young man. Fine, except Bartleby will not accept the sacking and comes in every day nevertheless. Bartleby is eventually taken to a hospital where it is learned he is suffering from a cornucopia of ailments. Scofield is, at first, glad to be rid o...