Chapter 647: Understanding and Humanity
The audience thought that the dust had settled, and when Xiao You and Shinichi lived a happy life without shame, Xiao You suddenly said goodbye to Shinichi in Shinichi's dream.
When it was absorbed by Goto, the feeling of being independent and non-independent in his body reacted dramatically, and it was a completely new world that was completely different from what he felt when he was with Shinichi. Suddenly he had a lot of information, and he wanted to deal with it internally, so he decided to cut off the external intelligence for the time being, and it would fall into a deep sleep, maybe years, maybe decades, maybe until it died.
In the end, the perverted murderer took Satomi hostage on the rooftop, and Shinichi flew the perverted murderer, trying to catch Satomi who fell, and it seemed that he was catching a miss, but in the end he caught Satomi.
Although the hand is still a hand, it has not become a tentacle, there is no long eye, and it does not show whether Xiaoyou is "awake" or not, but it has brought infinite reverie to the audience.
"Why did Xiao You choose to sleep?"
The scene of Xiaoyou's goodbye hit Xu Yiru's tears and made her cry. She feels that the story is over, although Xiaoyou is not dead, just sleeping, and the last scene also gives people rich associations, but why can't it end with a happy ending that makes everyone happy?
Mo Mo also asked herself this question, if it was a happy ending, she would happily read it, and then dream about the happy life of Xiaoyou, Shinichi and Satomi with Ji You.
But when Xiao You unexpectedly chose to sleep, she fell into deep contemplation.
Why did Xiao Right choose to sleep?
Why did the master porter arrange for Xiao You to sleep?
The first question is from the perspective of the small right. Think of a parasitic beast with a human nature. Why did you make such a choice to sleep.
What about the second question? is from the perspective of the creator, to think about why Xiaoyou needs to sleep, and what reason it has to sleep.
The story says that it wants to process the vast amount of information, and what Mo Mo needs to know is a deeper meaning.
First of all, it can be confirmed that Xiaoyou's sleep is not dangerous, nor is it a last resort, but it is a voluntary choice. It was an idea of exploration that he had born in addition to survival.
As for what Xiao You was doing when he was asleep, just from the story, it feels very abstract, in Xiao You's words, "I feel very happy", "in a world that is different from the real world with Shinichi".
Xiao You is a very strange parasitic beast that has a huge curiosity that pushes it to keep learning, understanding human nature, and exploring the world.
If you can understand this, then you will face such a "different world". How could Xiao You not explore?
Just as Tong Xiaoyou said to Shinichi in a dream, "Ah, it turns out to be like this in your eyes." In the dream, the image of everyone that Shinichi saw for Xiaoyou was different from what Xiaoyou saw.
In a phrase that has been used rottenly, it is "a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people", and the world is different in everyone's eyes.
"There are only a few points that can intersect in our understanding, even if we are the same human beings. If you can swap souls, you should be able to see and hear the world beyond imagination. β
Shinichi is in a deep relationship of living and fighting side by side, living and dying together, and he doesn't want Xiaoyou to leave him.
However, Xiaoyou hopes to see a more colorful world.
That's understanding.
After Xiao You parasitizes on Shinichi's right hand, they are all influencing each other, especially after Xiao Right helps Shinichi repair his seriously injured heart, more cells in Xiao You's body are integrated into Shinichi's body, and this effect is more obvious.
Xiaoyi's influence on Shinichi, the ability of Shinichi's body, such as speed, eyesight, hearing, etc., has been greatly enhanced compared to ordinary people, and Shinichi's spirit has also changed, even if he is sad, he can't shed tears, and occasionally he will unconsciously show that he is ruthless, stronger, more rational, and calm.
Shinichi's influence on Xiaoyou: Because Shinichi is a good boy who respects his father and filial piety, is docile and kind, so Xiaoyi, who originally had no feelings and only cares about his own safety, has gradually become able to consider and help others, such as later in the school Tajima and Mitsuo Group beat up the killing intent, Xiaoyou felt the killing intent, although it will not threaten the safety of himself and Shinichi, but Xiaoyou considered that if Shinichi was not notified to stop it, Shinichi would be sad, so Xiaoyou still "took care of one more thing" ,Informed Shinichi;And in the end, when Xiao Right woke up to save Satomi,In direct communication with Shinichi's brain, he said that at first, he didn't understand that as a human Shinichi, he would be sad to see a puppy die, and then he felt that one of the great advantages that humans have,It is that it can help other people or creatures,Sometimes you can even give up your own lifeγ
This kind of mutual influence can also be seen as a kind of mutual understanding.
When killing Goto, Shinichi hesitated and couldn't bear to attack him, thinking that both sides were right and wanted him to fend for himself. But then, he stepped out of his own Madonna feelings.
Because of understanding.
As a human being, he must protect his family, friends, and happiness, and in the face of the threat in front of him, he must stand up bravely and destroy him, otherwise he will be the one who destroys him.
Human morality cannot be applied to parasitic beasts, or even to anything outside of human beings: beasts, nature. Seeing big fish eating small fish makes them feel cruel, and seeing old individuals driven out of the population and left to fend for themselves, they feel cold, but these are all their habits.
From a human point of view, it is cruel and cold, but from their point of view, it is a matter of course.
Human beings have not yet been able to thoroughly understand each other even as their own species, let alone understand other populations and nature that do not understand the language at all.
If Xiaoyou didn't choose to sleep and continue to live with Shinichi, then it would have lost its characteristics as a "parasitic beast" and completely became a "human".
It's not good, it's not bad.
But if this is the case, it also dilutes the theme of "understanding" between the different races in "Parasite".
The reflection brought to people is far less intense than when Xiao You said goodbye to Shinichi and chose to sleep at the end.
Therefore, whether it is from the point of view of Xiao You, who is a parasitic beast, or from the prominence of the theme of the porter master in the work "Parasitic Beast", Xiao You's final farewell is a very important stroke.
In the comment section of Dmfun's "Parasite", countless people have also joined the discussion about it.
"Nietzsche wrote a book called "Human Nature, Too Human Nature", which is a unique dissection of his views on the concept of 'human nature'. "Parasite Beast" is also a work on the theme of human nature, using a similar medium between humans and animals to explain the work's thinking on human nature. β
"In "Parasitic Beast", many of the characteristics of the parasitic beast Xiaoyou are clearly separated from humans. Xiaoyou is a creature that only fits the Chinese character 'it', has life, has the ability to learn, has the ability to evolve, but does not know how to love. Every action it initiates is for survival: learning is for survival, evolution is for better survival, in order to prevent the host from dying (the death of the host will die with it), it can give up the power to grab the head and fill the heart, it can ruthlessly destroy humans for its own safety, and it can justifiably feed on humans for its own survival. It is difficult to understand this qiΔ if the mind does not shift to their point of view. β
"Human beings are social animals as a collective unit, and as one of the parasitic beasts, Tamura, said, the power of human beings is great, and the amount of individual organisms is so small. The parasitic beasts have always been disorganized, unplanned, abandoned beings, each of which is self-centered, and keeping itself alive is its life's work. β
"Such beings, who do not know where they come from and where they go, are not equal to their single, reckless, and savage destructive power. This reminds me of how man has taken over an entire earth, developed a country, formed a language, built a community, and invented a tool...... On top of these, there is also the word 'love', whether it is maternal love, family affection, or love, the human heart is filled with the so-called 'love' thing. β
"As a non-complete parasitic beast, nor a complete human being, the new one, but also a struggling character, he is a human child, but he also deeply understands Xiaoyou's thoughts. In fact, human beings themselves are also living organisms, and all living beings have their own nature as living beings, which Freud called 'self', which only has the consciousness of survival, and is not bound by similar constraints from morality. His dilemma can be seen as a never-ending battle between the 'self' and the 'self', where each side is hostile to each other, and each side has its own full reason, but both sides have to compromise with each other to maintain the balance of life. β
"When we see those cold-blooded parasitic beasts attacking humans, and even developing from individuals into huge 'cannibal groups' implanted with political powers, we will not hesitate to bring out our morals and laws to condemn such behavior. In fact, this qiΔ is also for survival. β
"In real life, survival itself is a cold thing, a kind of self-interest supremacy behavior, this kind of self-interest includes naked self-interest, as well as the benefit of people related to themselves, and when these are taken into account, there is the strength to 'love the world'. And in this anime, this kind of egoism that is not obvious in reality is extremely expanded into a flat 'no benefit, only for yourself'. Perhaps in this kind of comic method, we can see the so-called 'human nature' more clearly. (To be continued......)