Swami's decisions

I’m firmly convinced that all the decisions Swami makes are statements or assertions of his “authority.” His complex seems to stem from the need to be superior to his peers or at least his juniors; and these distinctive titles are confused in Swami’s mind. He has difficulties discerning who his peers are – such an example is his contextual expression to a teacher in the junior class. The teacher doesn’t recognize him as a peer.
His criteria for making decisions seem to stem directly from comparison with others. After his examinations, instead of confidently relaying his answers to his friends, he passively asks, and then evaluates his performance with the performance of his friends. He lives his life with desires of achievement, but I think he hasn’t the maturity to understand the steps involved in getting there. When situations become volatile for Swami, in actuality a discrepancy between his assumed authority and the reality of his situation are in conflict. He then acts as quickly as possible to get out of the situation. Such a decision is made when he runs away. His authority was questioned in public, he assessed the situation, found himself exposed and embarrassed, reacted in extreme, and then evaluated his embarrassment with context related to Rajam – Rajam exposed Swami saying he had “no sense” in the matter, and inadvertently swayed Swami into changing his purpose for calling Rajam out of school. His inclination for running away was more powerful with regard to his emotionally abusive and apparently terrifying father. Again, his embarrassment plays part in Swami’s rash decision - him trying to avoid a situation which calls his authority into question.
In short, his criterion:
Egregiousness of action, impact on others, question of authority?, outline of extreme consequences, decision of movement, impact of movement, glorification, rationalization, movement.