The self-mutilation panel: In this panel a young man is cutting open his arm and analyzing his bones. He is in a studio with a skeleton and several coffins, but chooses to look at "second-hand information," a drawing. Kurelek interprets this in several ways: 1) an attempt to discover by observation if he is real like other people, 2) an attempt to break out of his depersonalization by facing "the reality of death and the decay of the body," and 3) "a form of violent protest to force society to help and pay attention to [his needs."