Hallucinations In Toni Morrison's A Beautiful Mind

In “A Beautiful Mind”, John Nash is a brilliant man who had a lot going for him. He created various theories and equations that drove him further into the world of knowledge. However, it seems as if the smarter John got and the better jobs he was offered, the worse his hallucinations got. Hallucinations are triggered from stress; therefore, I feel that because John may have been so stressed about his life, job, education, etc. this caused the hallucinatiions to begin. I feel like John had to be the best version of himself, and he wanted to be the smartest out of others. Because of this, he began to have the hallucinations about working to build the atomic bomb and cracking top-secret codes for the Russians. The factors in John Nash’s environment that could have caused his illness could be the other people competing to be the best or the smartest. For example, in the film, John is studying at school he begins to have other males bully him in a way. The other guys are all competing in a way to be “the smartest” or be successful. I feel like these stressful environments could have caused his illness. Also when John began developing his equations and theories, this environment could have triggered his hallucinations. …show more content…
When John went to the hospital the first time, he had a bad experience and I feel like he did not get better. This could be because the patients are placed in a room, isolated from the other patients, and have no contact with others other than the doctors. However, when John got home, he was with his wife and child and he began to heal. John’s wife places John’s hand over her heart and says, “This is real.” She is showing him that he needs real human connection in order to heal and get over his