Symbol

Symbol
: What do the "dead walls" and Bartleby's "dead wall reveries" represent?
What's the significance of the setting? Why is it a story
of "Wall Street"?
Why do Turkey and Nipper have nicknames, but the Boss is never named, and we never learn Bartleby's first name?
What's in a name?

The dead walls represent Bartleby's mental entrapment. The setting of wallstreet is a center of commerce and money but also it is not a heartfelt job and it is very cold and straight to the point. The other clerks have nicknames to represent stereotypes or just a difference from the norm while the boss represents power and the leader which a name is not needed to replace his title as leader. Bartleby is alost soul and a first name reflects a person much deeper while a last name carries on. a name is an identity which in essence Bartleby has lost.