A Beautiful Mind Reflection Questions
Worth 35 pts
Please use a SEPARATE SHEET of paper to complete the following questions.
Answers MUST be in COMPLETE SENTENCES.
Answers SHOULD be typed but MAY be written in legible handwriting.
1. How would you describe John Nash during the first third of the film? (guiding
questions) What was his personality like? How did he view himself? How did he
interact with others?
2. In what ways do you see changes in John Nash’s personality throughout the second
third of the movie?
3. Knowing the signs and symptoms of Schizophrenia, choose 3 and describe an event
in the film that reflects that sign and symptom.
Example:
Hallucinations- When John speaks to his roommate Charles at the bar.
Paranoia- When John doesn’t want his wife to turn on the light in their
house.
Violent Episodes- When John is screaming at Parcher in the shed after he
was told by Dr. Rosen that these people were not real.
(please DO NOT use these example)
a. Hallucinations (hearing voices/seeing things that aren’t real)
b. Paranoia
c. Poor Hygiene
d. Irrational behavior
e. Break From Reality
f. Violent Episodes
4. John’s wife Alicia plays an important role in his life and with the coping of his
disease. What would you do if someone you cared about was diagnosed with a
mental illness? How would you try to help them? How would you try to help yourself?
5. Is there a “cure” for schizophrenia? What life-changing behaviors has John
continued to do to make sure his life is what it was at the conclusion of the film?
