Bartleby the Scrivener

[Bartleby the Scrivener] Motifs & Themes?

I have to create a conversation starter with different themes and motifs, so how can the theme 'The dangers of isolation' be seen in the story?

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Bartleby is one of the most isolated characters in all of literature. Bartleby's environment cuts him off from nature and often, from other men. By day, Bartleby's window stares at a wall. Wall Street is a bleak and unnatural landscape, and Bartleby also stays there at night, when the bustling human population vanishes and the streets become desolately empty. The narrator makes attempts to learn about Bartleby and help him, but all attempts meet with failure, and the narrator gives up.

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