What are the excerpts and insights from "Diary of a Madman"?

"Diary of a Madman" reading notes excerpts and insights in the form of a diary essay, all in the first person, describing the entire external world in the eyes of the "I" image, almost the entire piece of work is the protagonist of the inner world of the confession. The author through the semi-feudal and semi-colonial old China's profound observation, in this paper, borrowing the perspective of the madman to the madman's tone issued a deafening cry cannibalism.

The Diary of a Madman shows a strong spirit of rebellion and change while showing the cannibalism of rituals. For example, in the face of thousands of years of traditional thinking, the maniac boldly put forward the "never so, is it right?" This reflects the spirit of the times, which boldly doubts and denies everything.

An Appreciation of the Diary of a Madman

Though the main character of the work is a madman who suffers from the phobia of persecution, the main purpose of the work is not to write about the persecution of the lower class of the working class, and it is not the chronicle of a psychopath, but to expose the cannibalism of the rites and rituals of the past thousands of years through the mouth of the madman. Therefore, the madman in the work is actually a symbolic image.

Historically, how many people who rebelled against the old traditions and deviated from the way of the world were once regarded as madmen, and were also called madmen. From the world's point of view he was a madman; from the standpoint he was a prophet. The same person, the same idea but in society there are diametrically opposed to the two views and evaluation, which is also a reflection of the social contradictions of the times.

Lu Xun's portrayal of the maniac with his dual nature of madness and non-madness is a kind of revelation of the social contradictions. This is also the profound content of the image of the madman itself. The key to mastering the image of the madman lies in the understanding of whether the madman is really mad or not.