If Bartleby had a Facebook page, it would be very plain and contain very little information about himself. Even though we imagine that he lives his entire life online, the vacuity of it would yield little information. He may have a profile picture of himself staring out a window that someone else took of him. There would probably be a lot of comments from other users asking who he was and where he came from and about his life. He may have a few songs on a play list, but they would be some sort of instrumental classical music. In terms of favorites, Bartleby probably would not have any. He would probably list his previous employment, consisting only of his two jobs. He would have many friend requests from people eager to learn more about him, but he would not respond to them, so would not have any friends. When people send him event invites, he would probably reply with his (seemingly) favorite thing to say: “I would rather not.” If we could view his status changes, they would probably reflect something along the lines of “Bartleby is working” or “Bartleby is writing” or “Bartleby is on Facebook.” He does this at one point in the story, pointing out the obvious by saying that he is “sitting upon the banister” when it can clearly be seen that he is doing so. In his favorite quote section, there would definitely be something with the word “prefer” in it, as he uses it so often, even in the story, people surrounding him start to use it freely. Bartleby is a very mysterious character and his Facebook page would reflect that, even if he did live his whole entire life online.
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