Analysis Of Superassasin By Lysley Tenorio

Every person has parents, but not everybody gets to grow up with them. Whether by death or just the lack of responsibility, many people must teach themselves as they have nobody to guide them. Parental guidance is exactly what children need though, otherwise they can’t tell right from wrong. In the story “Superassasin” by Lysley Tenorio, the main character makes decisions without any real thoughts behind them which comes from having no moral compasses in his life other than his comics. Because of this, he believes he is a superhero who can deliver justice even when his judgement is completely wrong. Since he has nobody to explain the difference between right and wrong or truth and imagination, the boy makes up his own reality. Near the beginning …show more content…
When the boy and his friend Luc steal from the comic book store Luc says, “ Distract him longer next time” and the boy replies a little later saying, “Nice work”(107). The boys have just committed theft and the only thing they can say is how to improve next time or how he did a good job. There is not one caretaker with them to stop them and once the job is done, there is no guilt of what just went on. The boy may not have a father, but the mother could just as easily watch over him to make sure he doesn’t do anything wrong and leave him to do everything himself at a young age. Another time when the mother is not there to discipline her child is when he hides in the bathroom where he “can construct bombs and explosives”(112). since she is at the restaurant. Whether he means this literally or not, there is only one thing he could do with something that he has to hide from everyone in his bathroom. It is understandable that his mother has to work, but there are still ways to watch over a child like taking them to work or having a babysitter. Since she hardly attends to him, she is leaving the opportunity for him to be influenced by the outside world or his thoughts that no one can call him out