Authority and Rebellion

Psmith and Mike subtly undermine authority figures like Mr. Bickersdyke and Mr. Rossiter through wit, manipulation, and calculated disobedience, challenging the rigid hierarchy of the bank.

Mike's awkward encounter with Mr. Bickersdyke and Bannister's casual defiance of Rossiter's fussiness highlight tensions between employees and management.

Psmith's plan to haunt Bickersdyke at the club is a subtle rebellion against the authority figure who tried to suppress him.

Psmith subtly rebels against Mr. Bickersdyke's authority by haunting him at the club, using social norms to unsettle the bank manager.

Mr. Bickersdyke's authority as bank manager is undermined by his inability to dismiss Psmith, and later Psmith rebels by heckling him at the political meeting.