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Quote #7
Strangely huddled at the base of the wall, his knees drawn up and lying on his side, his head touching the cold stones, I saw the wasted Bartleby. But nothing stirred. I paused, then went close up to him, stooped over, and saw that his dim eyes were open; otherwise he seemed profoundly sleeping. Something prompted me to touch him. I felt his hand, when a tingling shiver ran up my arm and down my spine to my feet. (128)
Is Bartleby's death suicide? Or did he simply die because he could not continue living in prison? We learn from the grubman that Bartleby continued to prefer not to eat anything…do you think he consciously chose to die?