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I have chosen to watch A Beautiful Mind, a film about the life of John Nash, a professor at Princeton University, played by Russell Crow, who suffers from schizophrenia. I believe the film portrays schizophrenia and its symptoms in a realistic manner. John Nash exhibits many symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, violence, social isolation, and paranoia. Like many schizophrenic patients, John's symptoms went unnoticed for years. Its onset appeared to be when he was in graduate school and possibly earlier, which is common.
From the beginning scene, it was apparent that something was wrong with John Nash. At beginning of the film, John Nash was exhibiting odd purposeless motor activity, such as his hands and fingers moving in a twitching manner. As time progresses, his odd mannerisms become more prevalent and did not subside. John's speech was coherent and not disorganized unlike the speech patterns of many schizophrenics.
John Nash exhibited difficulty when it came......

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