I think one of the major themes expressed in Invisible Man was the notion of meekness and appeasement in response to a society that is fundamentally racial biased. This is essentially the topic which Noah discussed earlier in his blog post about how the story is about the modes of resistance for oppressed people. Throughout the novel, Ellison is very skeptical of appeasement and to a certain extent echoes the Grandfathers belief that passivity is detrimental to African American progress. This discussion is particularly prevalent when Bledsoe the President of the Narrators college is introduced. As a character, Bledsoe not only uses the seeming mask of servility to the white community, as a mechanism for self-preservation but also uses it as
