Bartleby the Schizophrenic
Herman Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener” is a story about an insane man and his mental breakdown. Bartleby, one of the stories main characters, has schizophrenia. ... ” (SCHILB, 1048) Bartleby puts all of his attention into doing one thing, which is probably the only way that he can stay sane. ... “At first, Bartleby did an extraordinary quantity of writing. ... Bartleby shows no emotion throughout the entire story except for when he appears mad at the narrator one time near the end, after he is sent to the tombs. Some schizophrenic people experience the “flat affect,” which is defined at a “zombie-like state of apparent apathy.