ot;Dr. Bledsoe attributes his success to a similar ability to feign humility" (Smith 28). The power hungry Bledsoe would have done anything to keep his power, even deceive a vulnerable student or the white trustees. Bledsoe advocates lying as a good way to interact and manipulate Mr. Norton and the white trustees. His belief is that deceit is a means to obtain dignity and freedom among whites, in a white dominated society. Like the narrator's grandfather, Dr. Bledsoe too warns him since the world deceives, that he must also learn to be deceptive. Deception is one of a numerous array of techniques that Dr. Bledsoe employs i
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