Through Blesdoe's monologues in Chapter 6, we notice more and more that the invisible man is very naive. He continually gives everyone the benefit of the doubt and he makes decisions with good intentions, however inevitably gets himself into trouble. The invisible man is easy manipulated unlike in the prologue where he is very cynical. He convinces himself that he deserves to be expelled from school and decides to make it up to the school as fast as he can. Chapter 8 proves his innocence further as he is overly optimistic when he delivers the letters asking for him to be hired. New York is so densely populated with thousands of people looking for jobs and he expects to be hired in the blink of an eye. He even trusts the man that expelled him to get him the job. Although this is very naive it reminds me of Frank Sinatra's song "New York New York" when he sings, "If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere."
Mr. Blesdoe reveals to us also in Chapter 6 the chain of who's in control during this time period. "This is a power set up, son..." (142). He proceeds to tell the narrator of how he plays the white folk by "[acting] the nigger" (143) to get to the right hand of the white man- or the puppeteer position that controls the right hand. He distorts the Founder's dream of lifting the veil of ignorance and rather than enlightening students and providing them with an education that prepares them to be educated adults in the real world, Blesdoe shoves them further down in society by perpetuating the myth of white supremacy. Therefor, this chapter is the start of the invisible man's invisibility. "You're nobody, son. You don't exist- can't you see that?" (143). Ralph's imagery and diction confirm this: "followed in their shadows" (136), "He called me that" (139), "out of the fire and into the melting pot" (152).