Melville, Dickinson, and Whitman demonstrate in their writings that people are connected through experience. Through Melville's experience with Bartleby, Dickinson's experience with death and greif, and Whitman's journey on the Brooklyn Ferry, all show that people are not only connected, but need relationships to have a functional society and a fruitful life. Bartleby the Scrivener,” the idea that a lawyer has affairs is put to the test. Being a bachelor, his detachment from people is an obstacle he must overcome. The relationships between him and his colleagues are simple and detached until Bartleby is introduced. The lawyer is baffled by the unique behavior this character displays and cannot help but become particularly interested in him. When Bartleby is asked to work, he simply says, “I would rather not,” and when he stops working, he begins staring at the wall (1112). This wall may symbolize the wall that the lawyer has built in an attempt to push relationships away, or it may simply symbolize Wall Street. When the lawyer discovers that Bartleby is there...