The film A Beautiful Mind portrays the journey of John Nash, one of the greatest minds in history. The film begins with Nash starting his graduate school. Right away it is apparent that Nash is socially awkward and is not used to interacting with many people. He has become comfortable being alone and prefers this. He comes across as pretty arrogant, and views himself to be above his peers intellectually. During the course of school, Nash makes a revolutionary breakthrough that challenges a theory people have come to accept for many years. After this he is known as one of the greatest mathematicians. As the film follows his career, it also follows the stages of his worsening schizophrenia. So many of the things that Nash has thought to be large parts of his life and career turn out to be mere hallucinations. He begins the long and never ending struggle of controlling these hallucinations without sacrificing the mind that makes him a brilliant mathematician.
Nash is very clearly schizophrenic and displays many of the characteristic symptoms of the disease. One of the first scenes shows how his senses are heightened. When they are at the introductory luncheon at the middle, he follows the …show more content…
It is often hard to read his mood and reactions in some situations, mostly humor. He is aware of this and has found ways to deal with it slightly. This social distance is most clearly evidenced when he is trying to pick up the young woman in the bar. When he is in the beginning of his relationship with Alicia he admits this aspect to her and tells her that him talking to girls usually winds up with him getting slapped. He doesn’t understand what is appropriate to say to people. Early in his illness Nash has a nervous twitch where he rubs his forehead with his index finger. As the schizophrenia progresses and he begins to age, his gait changes and becomes more obviously less
Nash is very clearly schizophrenic and displays many of the characteristic symptoms of the disease. One of the first scenes shows how his senses are heightened. When they are at the introductory luncheon at the middle, he follows the …show more content…
It is often hard to read his mood and reactions in some situations, mostly humor. He is aware of this and has found ways to deal with it slightly. This social distance is most clearly evidenced when he is trying to pick up the young woman in the bar. When he is in the beginning of his relationship with Alicia he admits this aspect to her and tells her that him talking to girls usually winds up with him getting slapped. He doesn’t understand what is appropriate to say to people. Early in his illness Nash has a nervous twitch where he rubs his forehead with his index finger. As the schizophrenia progresses and he begins to age, his gait changes and becomes more obviously less