Manuel is experiencing a mental disorder which is called the major depressive disorder. It has the capability of disrupting the activity of a person in terms of doing activities, disinterest in certain things that they used to live and even sleeping or the way they eat. It could be seen above as Manuel has less interest of the things he used to like and it also disrupts in his daily activities because of his moody character. The reason why it led him to experience it is because of his grand father's upcoming death.
If one individual behaves in a socially inappropriate manner, he or she is considered deviant, but if several individuals behave this way, it is referred to as a collective action. The problem that is made would be called a collective action problem wherein a group of people tries to behave in a discouraging manner in order to achieve a common goal. But the term collective action id not only limited to inappropriate behaviors. It would be a group activity where they aim to achieve the same goals. Examples are joining social protests, participating in national defense, advocating for the preservation of the environment and strikes.<span />
They could only request troops and soldiers because they didnt have an army, hope that helped :))