Schizophrenic Jacob
51 million people worldwide are living with schizophrenia (Schizophrenia Facts and Statistics 1)! Jacob from “The Hitchhiker” by Anthony Horowitz, suffers from the daily struggles that come with being schizophrenic. Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that affects the way a person acts,thinks, and sees the world (“Schizophrenia” 1). A schizophrenic person often has many suspicious ideas and plots that those around him/her are out to harm them. Furthermore, a schizophrenic person can confuse their own inner talk as coming from an outside source. Jacob from “The Hitchhiker” is schizophrenic because he has persecutory delusions and auditory hallucinations. To begin, a schizophrenic person can experience persecutory delusions.
51 million people worldwide are living with schizophrenia (Schizophrenia Facts and Statistics 1)! Jacob from “The Hitchhiker” by Anthony Horowitz, suffers from the daily struggles that come with being schizophrenic. Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that affects the way a person acts,thinks, and sees the world (“Schizophrenia” 1). A schizophrenic person often has many suspicious ideas and plots that those around him/her are out to harm them. Furthermore, a schizophrenic person can confuse their own inner talk as coming from an outside source. Jacob from “The Hitchhiker” is schizophrenic because he has persecutory delusions and auditory hallucinations. To begin, a schizophrenic person can experience persecutory delusions.