“As my work is, so am I.” (Smith, Naifeh 6) Vincent Van Gogh declared. On any margin, Vincent’s words truly expressed his mental state. As described by his brother Theo Van Gogh, he slathered paint on thickly and worked quickly, showing his frantic troubled mind, that propelled him to create works of art. Much like Vincent, Matthew in “The shock of the fall” also came of a troubled mind. Not only do Vincent and Matthew both share the connections of suffering from mental illness, they go beyond and each author, White Smith and Steven Naifeh of “Van Gogh: The Life”, and Nathan Filler of “The Shock of the Fall”; gives a brilliant outlook at the state of life of a person with mental illness, in both the 1800’s and in modern day, giving a broad look at the differences mental illness has on a patient in different periods, and the ultimate effect of mental illness on the sufferer.
Vincent Van Gogh was an extremely broody child, often isolating himself, and going on walks alone for miles and miles, much shaming his mother Anna by his odd behavior, and creating a general disdain for her …show more content…
Vincent’s illness was ‘treated’ in the asylum by structure, insuring that he bathed, and weaning him off some vices; Matthew instead was councilled upon Simon’s demise and medicated to stop his delusions. Similarly each novel depicts the effect of mental illness on the sufferer, however it allows to see the progression of treatment that the medical community have discovered. Although Vincent had arguably a more tragic life, being isolated and outcasted while Matthew was only allowed to grow so bad until he was discovered to be unwell, the contrast is also clearly able to show the different manifestations of mental illness and a personal account of the consequences they faced due to
Vincent Van Gogh was an extremely broody child, often isolating himself, and going on walks alone for miles and miles, much shaming his mother Anna by his odd behavior, and creating a general disdain for her …show more content…
Vincent’s illness was ‘treated’ in the asylum by structure, insuring that he bathed, and weaning him off some vices; Matthew instead was councilled upon Simon’s demise and medicated to stop his delusions. Similarly each novel depicts the effect of mental illness on the sufferer, however it allows to see the progression of treatment that the medical community have discovered. Although Vincent had arguably a more tragic life, being isolated and outcasted while Matthew was only allowed to grow so bad until he was discovered to be unwell, the contrast is also clearly able to show the different manifestations of mental illness and a personal account of the consequences they faced due to