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Laser 13 by Paolo Manalo - Coggle Diagram

- - - - The narrator succumbed to peer pressure as he enabled and engaged in violence(Chelsea)
        
        His desire to fit in with the other boys (Chelsea)
      - “didn’t hesitate to squeeze it (the laser)” and “beamed it point blank straight on his (the boy’s) cut face; (Maia)
        
        shows that he felt “pressured” in a sense that everyone had eyes on him and was waiting for him to act (Maia)
      - The line “all eyes shifted on me” showed the pressure the narrator was under (Ley and Sophie)
    - - abuse from father
        
        Being a victim of violence from a man (his father) himself, he chose to participate to project his trauma onto his classmate.(Sophie)
        
        his involvement is a response to the trauma and violence he received at the hands of his father, which escalated when he would not stop crying. (Ley)
        
        made the narrator feel empowered (Sophie)
      - implications on masculinity
        
        Toxic Masculinity (Ley and Maia)
        
        Acts of violence served as a display of dominance and strength which are wildly associated with masculinity.
        
        Men don't cry and don't show weakness and therefore hide it by showing strength, dominance, and aggressiveness (Maia and Ley)
        
        Must prove yourself as a man (Ley)
        
        Standards placed by men and pressure from others (Ley)
- - - - provides backstories with themes such as bullying, peer pressure, and the impact of childhood experiences on adult behavior (Julia)
    - - Actions were drawn from traumatic upbringing, and cultural aspects that were passed down through the generations and still persist today. (Irvin)
      - Abusive father (Mika)
    - - The boy has a mental disorder, but not enough information to fully understand the kid (Irvin)
      - Lack of a father figure since he worked overseas (Mika)
- - - - The boy who invented Triskaidekaphobia Laser aims the flashlight at inanimate objects that cause them to “suffer unfavorable effects” (Ashley)
        
        power that makes him special and causes harm (Ashley)
      - “the geeks who were picked on by the bullies” becoming accomplices in beating up the boy (Ashley)
        
        proving to others that they are ‘just as much of a man’ as their bullies in a society that glorifies such behavior. (Ashley)
      - violence and aggressiveness done by men is something normal– more so expected of them;
        
        being met with approval by bullies with lines such as “Lalaki ka pala!” (Ashley, Raniah)
        
        “all eyes shifted [to him] and he didn’t hesitate to beam it on his face,” (Ashley)