Have you ever known someone who has a disease called schizophrenia? According to Fallon, " Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that are noted by painfully harmed thinking, emotions, and behaviors" (2957).In Red Dragon, Francis Dolarhyde is a serial killer known as " The Tooth Fairy." The main character of Red Dragon, Francis Dolarhyde shows symptoms signs of schizophrenia.
A trigger of schizophrenia is Francis's childhood trauma behavior. He shows this trigger because he was abused by grandmother. In the movie Red Dragon, Dolarhyde's uses a flash from the past of him hearing his grandmother's voice. The voices that he hears in his head is how he suffers from child abuse brought upon him by his grandmother. Francis's mom abandoned him because of how he was made differently. In addition, his grandma took care of him and takes her anger on him because of his mother's decision. This leads Dolarhyde feeling broken and incomplete as growing up as a little boy. Another example from movie Red Dragon was when Dolarhyde was arguing with himself repeating "No Grandma, I'll be a good boy" as if he was talking to someone. He stated that because he accidentally urinates the bed and his grandmother threatened him with scissors and leaving him feeling miserable and scared. …show more content…
Francis Dolarhyde shows a symptom of this characteristic because with every situation with Reba, he shows little emotion. Reba's emotions for Dolarhyde were all given for love when every time she came in contact with Francis Dolarhyde. She loved everything about him and how geniune he was to her. When sitting down on the sofa, Reba shows her emotions and wanted to express them to Dolarhyde. On the other hand, Francis Dolarhyde was not impressed or expressing his emotions towards her because he was too focused on the
A trigger of schizophrenia is Francis's childhood trauma behavior. He shows this trigger because he was abused by grandmother. In the movie Red Dragon, Dolarhyde's uses a flash from the past of him hearing his grandmother's voice. The voices that he hears in his head is how he suffers from child abuse brought upon him by his grandmother. Francis's mom abandoned him because of how he was made differently. In addition, his grandma took care of him and takes her anger on him because of his mother's decision. This leads Dolarhyde feeling broken and incomplete as growing up as a little boy. Another example from movie Red Dragon was when Dolarhyde was arguing with himself repeating "No Grandma, I'll be a good boy" as if he was talking to someone. He stated that because he accidentally urinates the bed and his grandmother threatened him with scissors and leaving him feeling miserable and scared. …show more content…
Francis Dolarhyde shows a symptom of this characteristic because with every situation with Reba, he shows little emotion. Reba's emotions for Dolarhyde were all given for love when every time she came in contact with Francis Dolarhyde. She loved everything about him and how geniune he was to her. When sitting down on the sofa, Reba shows her emotions and wanted to express them to Dolarhyde. On the other hand, Francis Dolarhyde was not impressed or expressing his emotions towards her because he was too focused on the