Passersby and children will cannibalize, while they also fear being eaten. They are suspicious of each other. This symptom represents disturbance of ego (Table 6). Self-other consciousness loses shape and becomes fuzzy, and therefore one feels that their secrets and ideas are known to everyone.
Disturbance of ego
[Brain activity 4]
Process of cognitive ability ①Perception and attention
Abstraction of elements
[Perception] While they will cannibalize, they are scared of being eaten.
[Attention] suspicious eyes
Process of cognitive ability ②Learning and memory
Abstraction of elements
[External input] Passerby and children will cannibalize.
[Schema] Cannibals.
[Existing knowledge] They are scared of being eaten.
[Learning] They are suspicious of each other.
Process of cognitive ability ③Planning and reasoning
Abstraction of elements
[Planning] Madman will reform cannibals.
[Problem analysis] This is a gate and only a checking station. They participate in the gang and encourage and check each other, and therefore they would never cross the gate.
[Problem resolution] If they could change, they would be happy. Madman supposes that they should say, “do not cannibalize.”
[Reasoning] They properly set up and put madness upon Madman. This is their usual practice.
花村嘉英著(2015)「从认知语言学的角度浅析鲁迅作品-魯迅をシナジーで読む」より translated by Yoshihisa Hanamura