A cikin 2023, yayin da yake murmurewa daga tiyata a gidansa a saman New York, Jon Ronson ya farka zuwa jerin saƙonni daga ɗansa balagagge game da wani abin ban mamaki da ya kwana ya yi a gidan wani baƙo a Connecticut. Ɗansa ya tafi tare da abokinsa wanda aka gayyace shi zuwa wani biki a can, kuma da isarsu, suka sami wasu ƙananan mata masu ruɗani tare da mai gidan, Chris Mark—magajin ƙarfe mai shekaru sittin wanda ke yin fim ɗin gaskiya game da "princesses 101." Dokar farko ta shirin ita ce "Kada ka taɓa cewa a'a ga Sarki Chris."
A matsayinsa na iyaye, Ronson ya ji damuwa; a matsayinsa na ɗan jarida mai shekaru sama da 30 yana rubuta game da masu ban mamaki da masu laifi, ya riga ya fara bincike. Bayan ya bincika jita-jita na yanar gizo game da ayyukan mugunta a gidan, ya yanke shawarar ziyarci Mark. Mark ya yi alfahari da nunawa stalactites da waterfall a cikin ɗakinsa mai "jigon kogo," sannan ya bayyana yadda yake ɗaukar mata a kan dating apps don "daidaita su" zuwa "princesses." Ya ce, "Matan da suke aiki da gaske su ne masu shan ƙwayoyi... ba su san abin da ke faruwa ba." Kusan abin tausayi, Mark ya nemi Ronson ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar rashin bayyana sirri, kuma lokacin da Ronson ya ƙi, Mark ya cika wayarsa da barazana.
Ronson ya san yana da labari, amma bai san irinsa ba. Wani abokin aiki mai fushi ya fallasa saƙonnin sirri na Mark, yana bayyana shirye-shiryen wani jirgin ruwa na karuwanci mai tsada $2,500 a sa'a, mai hasken purple LEDs, kuma yana nuna cewa Mark ya taɓa biyan wata mace kuɗin tashi daga Poland zuwa Amurka, sai dai hukumomi suka mayar da ita saboda damuwa game da lafiyarta. Ƙarin ƙazanta ya fito daga tsohuwar budurwarsa bayan Ronson, da ɗan fuska biyu, ya gaya mata cewa yana "da gaske, da gaske baƙin ciki" cewa dangantakarsu ta ƙare (ya riga ya shaida mana cewa "rabuwa na iya zama labari mai kyau ga ɗan jarida"). Yayin da zarge-zarge ke taruwa, ya yi tunani—watakila ma ya yi fata—cewa Mark ya kashe mahaifinsa, wanda ya nutse a wani hatsarin jirgin ruwa a 2009.
Yayin da Ronson a ƙarshe ya kammala cewa Mark bai yi hakan ba, yardarsa ta yi wa kansa ba'a—yana so "ya fi kowane marubucin labari na gaskiya"—yana ƙara wa wannan bincike mai ban tsoro da rashin tabbas ɗanɗanon ban dariya. Amma aikin bincike na gonzo wani ɓangare ne kawai na The Castle. Ƙaramin taken, Adventures in a World of Unravelling Men, yana nuna yanayinsa na ɗan watsewa, yayin da Ronson ke tsalle tsakanin nazarin da aka yi nufin su nuna gwagwarmayar maza bayan masana'antu. Waɗannan mazan an gaya musu su buɗe kai su kasance masu rauni, amma kuma ana matsa musu su guji ba wa mata "ick" ta hanyar yin nishi ko rasa ɗan ƙura a gemu.
Wani zai iya cewa "boo hoo," amma Ronson yana yin hujja mai gamsarwa game da matsalolin ɗaukar namiji a matsayin abin da ba daidai ba. Yana magana da wani ɗan Australiya wanda malaminsa ya tara dukan yara maza a makarantarsa don su "nemes gafara game da fyade," kuma ya sadu da uba marar aure wanda YouTube ya nemi saboda fa'idodin bidiyon da ya saka na faɗan abinci na 'ya'yansa mata, sai dai aka watsar da shi lokacin da masu bincike na kan layi suka zarge shi da sata ba daidai ba.
Ronson yana sa waɗannan da sauran labarai masu ban mamaki su zama alamar duniya da ta juye. Amma lokacin da ya ce Chris Mark ɗaya ne daga cikin maza da yawa "suna gano akwai abubuwan da suka taɓa yi waɗanda ba za su iya ƙara yi ba," kana jin wani tunani mai yawan sha'awa yana aiki. Ya gaya mana, "An tuna mini da ɗan Amurka a Iraki," lokacin da Mark ba zai iya yanke shawarar abin da zai yi da gidansa ba, yana tsaka tsaki tsakanin ɗaukar nauyin OnlyFans models ko kafa gidan marayu. "Rashin gamsuwa... na son rai" na Mark ya kai ga wani sashe game da ɗan wasan da ake jayayya Armie Hammer, wanda da alama an ambace shi ne kawai don Ronson ya sanar da mu cewa Hammer ya ba shi hira ta musamman da ya zaɓi kada ya buga.
Kwatancen Ronson na yau da kullun ba koyaushe suke taimaka mana fahimtar batutuwansa masu wuyar ganewa ba. Mark kuma yana tunatar da shi Graham Linehan, wanda ya ƙirƙiri Father Ted kuma tsohon abokinsa. Ronson ya kwatanta saƙon Linehan na kan layi game da mutanen transgender da cin zarafi, kuma, ya gaya mana, Linehan ya fara aiko masa da saƙonni masu yawa na zagi. Ronson ya yi hira da shi don ƙoƙarin fahimtar abin da ya ƙarfafa sha'awarsa, amma hakan ya zama al'ada...Al'adar The Castle mai juyayi da nazari, ƙarshen ra'ayin Ronson bai dogara da sa'o'i shida na kiran bidiyo ba amma a kan kwatancen da bai da ƙarfi wanda ya zana daga labarin mai ban tausayi na Brandi Bragg, wata matashiya daga West Virginia da ta mutu daga yawan ƙwayoyi a 2004 bayan cin nasarar lottery ya sa ta shiga cikin ruɗani.
Kusa da ƙarshe, ya kwatanta harbin da ya kashe Renée Good da wani jami'in ICE ya yi wanda ya yi gunaguni "fucking bitch." Ba a bayyana dalilin da ya sa ya kawo wannan ba, har sai ya nuna cewa Linehan—mutum ɗaya tilo a cikin littafin da aka kwatanta da "unravelling"—da alama ya ɗauki X don sake buga wani tweet da ke kiranta "fuskar hargitsi" da "alama ta zamani na mace farar mai sassaucin ra'ayi." "Zamewar Graham zuwa rashin kamewa, ƙiyayyarsa ta yau da kullun ga anti-wokeness, a fili ta zama abin da ya mamaye shi har ya rufe matsayinsa na mai kare mata da kansa ya naɗa." Wannan lokacin gotcha, wanda aka ɓoye a cikin ƙaramin rubutu shafi bakwai daga ƙarshe, yana sa ka yi mamakin ko an gina The Castle ba kawai a matsayin bincike na namiji na ƙarni na 21 ba, amma a matsayin aikin ɗaukar fansa a hankali—ko da yake watakila hakan yana nuna wani abu game da maza ko ta yaya.
The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unravelling Men an buga shi ta Viking (£20). Don tallafawa Guardian, yi odar kwafinka a guardianbookshop.com. Ana iya samun kuɗin isarwa.
Tambayoyin da Aka Yi Yawa
Anan akwai jerin tambayoyin da aka yi yawa game da littafin Jon Ronson The Psychopath Test an rubuta su cikin yanayi na halitta da bayyananne
Tambayoyi na Gabaɗaya na Farko
1 Menene The Psychopath Test ya kunsa
Littafi ne na gaskiya inda ɗan jarida Jon Ronson ke bincika ra'ayin psychopathy Ya fara da kallon wani littafi mai ban mamaki da aka aika wa malamai, kuma ya ƙare da bincika yadda masana'antar tabin hankali ke bayyana da tantance psychopaths da kuma ko lakabin yana da aminci
2 Wanene Jon Ronson
Shi ɗan jarida ne na Biritaniya, marubuci kuma mai shirya fina-finai na gaskiya wanda aka san shi da ban dariya da kuma zurfafa bincike mai ban tsoro a cikin al'adun gefe, ka'idodin makirci, da kuma ɓangarorin duhu na halayen ɗan adam Shi ma ya rubuta So Youve Been Publicly Shamed
3 Shin wannan littafi littafin kimiyya ne ko jagorar taimakon kai
Ba haka ba Littafi ne na labarin jarida Ronson yana ba da labarin tafiyarsa, saduwa da mutane na gaske da likitocin tabin hankali maimakon ba da littafin likita ko shawara kan yadda za ka gano psychopath a rayuwarka
4 Menene gwajin Psychopath da aka ambata a cikin taken
Yana nufin Hare Psychopathy Checklist, kayan aikin bincike na likita wanda masanin ilimin halayyar ɗan adam Robert Hare ya ƙirƙira Yana amfani da jerin abubuwa 20 don tantance wani akan halaye kamar rashin tausayi, girman kai, da rashin tunani Ronson ya koyi yadda ake amfani da wannan jerin a cikin littafin
5 Shin littafin yana da ban dariya ko ban tsoro
Yana da duka biyun Rubutun Ronson yana da wayo da kuma ba'a ga kansa, wanda ke sa batun mai duhu ya zama mai sauƙin fahimta Duk da haka littafin yana tayar da tambayoyi masu ban tsoro game da yadda sauƙi mutane—musamman masu iko—za a iya lakafta su a matsayin masu rashin lafiyar kwakwalwa
Tambayoyi na Gabaɗaya na Nazari
6 Menene babban ra'ayi ko hujjar littafin
Ronson yana jayayya cewa ganewar psychopathy abu ne mai son rai kuma mai haɗari Yana nuna cewa jerin tantancewa na iya zama da amfani don ɗaukar halayen al'ada a matsayin cuta kuma yana tambayar ko masana'antar tabin hankali tana ƙirƙirar hauka ta hanyar bayyana shi da faɗi sosai Har ila yau yana bincika ra'ayin cewa wasu halaye na psychopathy kamar rashin tsoro ana ba su lada a cikin al'umma
7 Wanene mutumin Troubled Help a cikin littafin
Wannan sunan ɓoye ne ga wani mutum da Ronson ya sadu da shi wanda ke cikin asibitin tabin hankali mai tsaro
