"I would prefer not to" (649). Bartelby is legitimately insane. Like, not the insane-asylm-in-a-straigh-jacket sort of insane, but more like a quiet, eerie, weird sort of insane. The latter-to me- is more scary. Talking to him is like talking to a two year old. They have their own way of thinking that is 100% right to them, and if someone else doesn't think like they do, they just grow annoyingly stubborn and refuse to be told otherwise. It's completely horrible. What's weird is how stubborn he is, he refuses to do anything at all. And ultimatley this is the cause of his death.