The Power Of Words

After the debacle with Mr.Norton, the narrator is forced to speak with Mr. Bledsoe. Although Mr.Norton had told him not to blame the narrator for the inconvenience, Mr.Bledsoe didn't let it go. Instead of giving him another chance, Bledsoe immediately expelled the narrator from the school. However, Bledsoe tells him he must work in New York to earn the money to return to school and pay his tuition. Foolishly, the narrator leaves with seven recommendation letters that would help him get a job in the North and gain the money he needs.

Trusting the dean, the narrator delivers six of the letters, and is surprised when he does not recieve an answer from any of them. When he has only one letter left, the narrator decides to give his last letter personally to Mr.Emerson since he believes probably thir secretaries are involved with the missing letters.

When he arrived to Mr.Emerson's office and is attended by his son who read the letter, he learns Mr.Bledsoe had ruined his future. By only writing bad things about the narrator, Mr.Bledsoe had enough power to prevent the narrator from getting a job and returning to college.

Mr.Bledsoe carefully used some words to manipulate the narrator to leave and by the same means he wrote some few words that prevented the speaker from succeeding in New York. This shows the power just one person can have over another and how words are so powerful in the text. Mr.Bledsoe could be the one that lead the narrator to become invisible.