How do different characters react to Bartleby when his behavior breaks away from expected office behavior? Identify evidence from the text to support your answer. What do these reactions suggest about how humans respond to those who don’t fit the norm?

Read this excerpt from the declaration of independence

Some one drawing water and my theater placed my hand under the spout. as the cool stream gushed over one hand she spelled into the other the word water , first slowly , then rapidly . i stood still ,my whole attention fixed upon the motions of her fingers . suddenly i felt misty consciousness as of soothing forgotten --a thrill of returning thought and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me this passage from the stoyof my life is an wxample of which element of plotclimax action

What is the source of tension in this excerpt? ellery searching everything insects filling the light fixtures ellery standing on the desks louise carpenter whispering