"Traitor refers that the whites are the Africa slaves' opponents and his grandfather encourages the narrator to fight with them instead of obeying their requirements since "he had spoken of his meekness as a dangerous activity "(Ellison 227). Consequently, the difference between the grandfather's performance and last words, separately represents obedience and rebellion, confuses the narrator and drives him to start thinking and achieve a realization for a black's true attitude, which contributes to developing the theme. For example, through the grandfather's exhortation "caused so much anxiety" (Ellison 227), the protagonist begins to doubt his long-term recognition of his situation and explore which place is safer but never finds the answer. And "whenever things went well for me I remembered my grandfather and felt guilty and uncomfortable (Ellison 228) reflects the protagonist is torn between two hard places and evidences his opinions start to change since he is aware of resistance through his mental conflicts. And because he is unable to separate himself form the affect of the white American due to the previous experience, he can just depends on the evaluation of white males to judge individuals' values. Therefore, in order to survive well in society and he is "more afraid to act any other way because they didn't like that at all", the narrator chooses to follow white men's rules and please them such as he showed the "humility was the secret of progress "(Ellison 228). However, the scholarship that praises his choice of submissiveness could not solve his puzzlement. For example, after the successful speech, the narrator still has confused mental condition by "They were tough guys who seemed to have no grandfather's curse worrying their minds (Ellison 228). It proves that he continues exploring the answers to fulfill the question and judges himself no longer always rely on others' expression and evaluation.