The process of humans becoming monsters (Rashomon)

Today is the birthday of Ryunosuke Akutagawa.
Because Google told me
Today I'd like to talk about his masterpiece, Rashomon.

Akutagawa wrote about hell, gods and Buddhas, demons, devils, kappa, etc.
He often left behind some rather supernatural things in his books.
The synopsis is as follows:

The setting is the Heian period. There were famines and tornadoes.
Natural disasters continued to occur and the capital fell into decline.
One evening, a young servant was at a loss beneath the dilapidated Rashomon Gate.
The servant was fired by his master a few days ago.
With no way to earn a living,
He was desperate to become a thief, but
I just can't find the courage.
At that time, he sensed someone on the second floor of Rashomon.
I became curious and decided to climb up.
There were many abandoned bodies on top of the tower,
There is a light burning inside. An old woman is lighting a torch.
He is plucking hair from the corpse of a young woman.
The servant was filled with rage at the old woman's actions and drew his sword, leaping upon her.
The old woman explains her actions by saying that she was trying to make wigs from the plucked hair to sell.
It's something I have to do in order to survive.
However, this woman was selling dried snakes, falsely claiming they were dried fish, when she was alive.
It was an evil that had to be committed in order to survive.
So he says that even if he were to pull out her hair, the woman would probably forgive him.
The servant was angry and righteous at the old woman who was pulling out her hair,
Hearing the old woman's words gives me courage.
Then he pinned the old woman down and stripped her clothes.
"If I don't do this, I will starve to death," he said.
He disappeared into the pitch black darkness. No one knows where he went.
(Extract from Wikipedia)

Plucking the hairs of a dead person in dim light
The old woman is like a monster.
The highlight of this story is
The servant who tried to punish the old woman with justice
In the end, I found myself stepping into the same world as the old woman.
It is a masterpiece that depicts life as it is, without justice or evil.
Monsters are evil
Most likely that's what it seems.
At first glance, their appearance and behavior may seem repulsive.
However, it is we humans who created the monsters.
Like the old woman in Rashomon,
The actions I was doing out of necessity to survive appeared like monsters to me.
Maybe that's all.
When a person finds himself in the same extreme situation as the servant and the old woman,
Passing through the Gate of Ryoshi (Tsuranaru Sei),
Gradually it will take on the form of a monster.
Why are yokai no longer seen in Japan today?
I think this is because there are fewer people in such extreme situations.
However, when we look around the world, there are countless people who suffer from hunger.
You are the one who is forced to do what they do.
Do you think it's inhumane (monster-like)?
Will you have mercy on me?
You probably don't usually think about that.
I'm passionate about my life,
I think it's because we don't feel like it's something that's close to us.
There are a lot of suicides in Japan.
corporal punishmentor bullying (the work of the devil),
Debt and financial difficulties(either due to one's own or others' work).
that's why
It should actually exist in the present day.
That is why,
Many people have been driven to the brink and are now acting like monsters.
We may not be able to save all the children in the world,
If you notice it, I'll help you
It may be possible.
Everyone, please raise your yokai antennae!
I will soon be writing about Akutagawa's masterpiece, The Spider's Thread (for children).
I would like to present it to you with my own interpretation.
*By the way, Akutagawa also wrote many books for children!
For those raising children, in order to educate them
It's very useful, so please check it out ♪