The group collectively decided to cover Bender’s actions to maintain harmony despite putting themselves in jeopardy of more detention. However, Vernon proceeds to antagonize Bender anyway, and Bender’s reactance to this was to become blatantly disobedient to Vernon. When Vernon exits, the group begins to converse again. Soon after, aggression between Bender and Andy reach a boiling point after Bender antagonizes Clair. This eventually leads to a confrontation between Bender and Andy. A possible contributor to the aggression between the two can be inferred from the fact that Bender was armed a concealed switchblade, inducing the “weapons effect”. Later, it is also revealed that Bender’s father is abusive and that Bender has a very poor home life. Consequentially, part of Bender’s aggressive tendencies likely stems from observational learning from his abusive father at
The group collectively decided to cover Bender’s actions to maintain harmony despite putting themselves in jeopardy of more detention. However, Vernon proceeds to antagonize Bender anyway, and Bender’s reactance to this was to become blatantly disobedient to Vernon. When Vernon exits, the group begins to converse again. Soon after, aggression between Bender and Andy reach a boiling point after Bender antagonizes Clair. This eventually leads to a confrontation between Bender and Andy. A possible contributor to the aggression between the two can be inferred from the fact that Bender was armed a concealed switchblade, inducing the “weapons effect”. Later, it is also revealed that Bender’s father is abusive and that Bender has a very poor home life. Consequentially, part of Bender’s aggressive tendencies likely stems from observational learning from his abusive father at