showed when he cannot express his emotions, he almost kills his baby, and he cannot sosialize with other people.
4.1.3. Plot
The plot which includes in the movie script “A Beautiful Mind” is progressive plot. The story starts with young Nash who started the first days of lectures at
prestigious university, Princeton University in 1947 and ended when he was receipt the nobel prize in 1994.
4.2 Extrinsic Elements
4.2.1. The Abnormal Behavior of John Nash
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder which is often characterized by abnormal social behavior and failure to recognize the reality. This disease makes the sufferers
difficult to express their emotion. The patients with this disease become people who are isolated, detached, apathetic and hallucinatory. Kaplan, Sadock Grebb in
Fausiah Fitri, 2005 states that schizophrenia is divided into several types, such as paranoid schizophrenia,catatonic schizophrenia, disorganized schizophrenia,
undifferentiated schizophrenia, residual schizophrenia and hebefrenik schizophrenia.
The characteristic of paranoid schizophrenia are hallucination and delution. The main characteristic of katatonik schizophrenia is psychomotor disorders which
include: motoric immobility; excessive motoric activity, extrem negativism and mutism. The main characteristic of disorganized shizophrenia are scattered in talking,
disorganized and inappropriate behavior. And hebefrenik schizophrenia is marked by acting like a child and whimpering. We can identify a person suffering schizophrenia
from their abnormal behavior. Their abnormal behavior can be seen from the two symptoms such as, positive and negative symptoms. Negative symptom is an action
that does not bring adverse impacts to the environment, while positive symptom is an action that starts an impact on the environment.
a Positive symptomps
Based on the explanation above, the writer know that the positive symptom of schizophrenia is the emergence of hallucinations and delusions. This happens to John
Nash. He has hallucinations which can make sudden rages and imagine meeting with people or places that are not real. Hallucination is a false perception or assuming
something is real when in fact it is only a fantasy. John Nash experiences hallucinations meeting with three people who actually does not exist, namely Charles
Herman his roommate. Charles: “The prodigal roommate arrives.”
Charles begins stripping as he speaks. Nash stares in wonder as off come his jacket and bow tie.
Nash: “Roommate?” Goldsman, 2000:4
William Parcher government agency. Voiceover: “Professor Nash...”
Standing on the path is a single figure. Slim black suit. Man: “Big brother at your service.”
Nash inspects the Department of Defense photo ID and badge, embossed with a government seal. Meet William Parcher.
Nash: “So, what can I do for DOD?” Parcher is leading Nash away from the main RAND building, deeper
into the fenced off military compound. Parcher: “Impressive work at the Pentagon.” Goldsman, 2000:32
And Marcee Charles Herman nephew. Nash sits under a tree, marking up another magazine. A little girl
Marcee,9 walks up to him. Marcee: “What ya doin?”
Nash look up at her.
Nash: “I am attempting to isolate patterned recurrences across periodicals across time. And you?”
Marcee: “Chasin’pigeons. You talk funny, Mr. Nash.” Nashfrowning: “Do I know you?”
Marcee: “My uncle says you are very smart but not very nice so I should not pay you no mind if you are mean to me.”
Nash: “And who might that uncle be?” Voiceover: “The prodigal roommate returns.”
Nash looks up and standing over him is Charles. Nash grins. Goldsman, 2000:50
There is also a secret lab, soldier and also the code number that is placed on his hands. It is found in the movie script page 33-37: ”They have arrived at a warehouse at the
end of the row. New windows, a fresh coat of paint. A soldier standing guard salutes.”Goldsman, 2000:33
Technician: “This may be uncomfortable.” The machine makes contact with John’s arms and hisses.
Nash: “What the?” The technician lifts the machine, shines a black light over John’s
wrist. In a fresh welt above his wrist we see a series of numbers.
Because of his hallucination, John Nash almost kills his baby. He gives the baby to his hallucination figure because he wants to close the window. While in reality the baby
has been sunk in the bathup.
Nash: “I have almost got it. Charles, hold the baby up. Make sure he does not slip into the bath.”
Follow alicia as she rushes into the room, past John’s startled expression, and freezes in the open bathroom door.
Alicia: “No” The baby is in the tub. Alone. The water is almost up to his chin,
seconds from drowning. Alicia moves with lightning speed, grabbing her child up and into her arms.
Alicia: “Precious baby, precious boy.” Nash: “Charles was watching him. He was okay. Charles was
watching him.” Alicia: “Do not you get it yet? There is no one here.” Goldsman,
2000:96
The dialogue above showed John Nash’s abnormal behavior, speaking to himself, is caused by his hallucination. This hallucination has impacts on his environment. That is
why hallucination can be categorized as positive symptom. In John’s case, there is also delusions. Delusion is an understanding which is
strongly held but inaccurate, which continues to exist even though the evidence shows it has no basis in reality. John Nash has 3 delusions such as, delusions of persecution,
delusions of grandeur, and delusions of influence. Delusions of persecution is the understanding that the individuals or certain groups are being threatened or are
planning to harm him. In the movie script, it is mentioned that there are some people who make John
Nash always suspicious and scared of all things because he thinks he is being sought, followed and monitored. “The two men at the bar are watching Nash again. This
time,when they catch his eyes, they move off.”Goldsman, 2000:41. John raises the drawn blind a bit and peeks out. Out the window. A
black sedan. An identical car pulls up beside it. A shadow inside the first car points towards John’s apartment. A beat. John lets the shade
fall again. He turns now to face his wife and wailing child. Nash: “They are out there”
Alicia: “Who is out there?” John just stare at her. When his voice comes, it is soft.
Nash: “Go to your sister’s” Alicia: “John, what is going on? Please, you have got to talk to me.”
Nash: exploding “Go. Now. Get out” John rises and slams the door. He sits back at his desk, peers again out
the window, then hugs himself, rocking slighly. Goldsman, 2000:61
Because of this delusion, John Nash often locks himself in his room and turns off the lights due to his fear of people who are always watching him. He also ever yells at his
wife because she turns on the lights.
Nash sits, his back to us, in the dark, staring into space. Aliciaover: “John”
She flicks on the light, standing now in the doorway, a three month old infant swaddled in her arms.
Nashspinning: “Turn it off”. We see his face now, unshaven, cheeks hollow, eyes wide.
Nashshouting: “Turn off the light” He is up fast, slamming his hand on the wall, extinguished the light.
His fast moves have scared the baby who has begin to wail. Goldsman, 2000:61
From the dialogue above it is known that John Nash angry at his wife as his wife turns the light on. He feels there is a group of people spying his house. He turns the light off
to make them assume that he is not being home. The second delusion is delusions of graunder. Delusions of grandeur is the
understanding that they have an advantage and strength as well as being an important person. John Nash thinks he is the best secret code-breaking and spy or secret agent.
Nash actually smiles. Nash: “Constantly.”
Nash moved to the wall prepared with code. General: “We have developed several ciphers.”
But Nash raises his hand, silencing the officer. He stands still, just staring at the numbers. Then Nash begins to whistle.
Push in on Nash’s eyes. In the black ocean of his pupils, the reflected rows of code begin to move, forming shifting patterns.
Pull back on Nash, still staring at the wall. Hours have passed, folks sitting, jackets hanging on chair backs, coffe cups empty.
Nash-Pov. Series of numbers darken as others rise, a cascade of rapidly changing patterns, endless permutations until....
Nash: “There.” Goldsman, 2000:26
And the last is delusions of influence. This is the understanding that outside forces are trying to control your thoughts and actions. In the movie script showed that
John Nash requires to kill his wife, indicate that he was a genius, and when he is convinced that he is a person who is not meaningful. This is all controlled by friends
of his own hallucinations.
Alicia: “I am calling Rosen. You need help.” That is when William steps into the doorway.
Parcher: “You have got to stop her, John.”
Nash: “What?” Aliciablood draining: “Who are you talking to?”
Parcher: “We can not afford to let her slow us down again.” Nash: “Alicia, please. Put the phone down.”
Alicia: “John, you are scaring me.”Goldsman, 2000:98
From the dialogue above the writer knows that Nash’s wife has witnessed the peculiarities of self-John Nash, so she wants to call the doctor to examine Nash, but
the hallucinations of Nash said that his wife had to know all the secrets of Nash and will report it to the police and make Nash go back to the hospital. His hallucinations
asks Nash to stop his wife. It makes Nash become confused and panicked.
b Negative symptomps
The negative symptoms of this disease is the difficulty of the sufferer to feel and show their emotional feelings. The sufferers also becomes someone who is
apathetic. In John case, his negative symptomps is seen through the motor symptoms which can be seen from the strange facial expressions and typical followed by
movement of the hand, fingers and arms strange, and language disorder, emotional disturbance, the presence of social withdrawal and any pressing events that make John
almost depression.
Nash is at the bar with Becky, the blond co-ed. The two stand there in awkward silence. The moment stretches on. Finally...
Becky: “Maybe you want to buy me a drink.” Nash appraises her clinically. When he speaks now, his word have a
deliberate quality that belies their speed. Nash: “Look, I do not know exactly what things I am required to say
in order for you to have intercourse with me. But could we assume I have said them? I mean essentially we are talking about fluid
exchange, right? So, we could go right to the sex?” Becky: “That was so sweet”
She slaps him across the face.
Becky: “Have a nice night asshole.”Goldsman, 2000:15
The dialogue above showed that John have a language disorder. He wants to talk to the woman but the sentence of him makes her feel abused. So finally he gets a slap. In the
next page also shows that John Nash has a strange facial expression. “Alicia is doing the dishes. John stands staring at the kitchen table. He lifts a napkin, toys with it
curiously, like an alien come to earth for the first time”Goldsman, 2000:87. In the movie sript page 17, showed the social withdraw of John Nash.
Van Neumann: “Human connection gives us perspective. Friends.... Nash: “I do not make friends.
Van Neumann: “Why not?” Nash: “Apparently I am an asshole.”
The dialogue above showed that John Nash cannot interact socially as people in general, he does not like other people and assumes other people do not like him so that
he only has a few friends. In the movie script page 11, it is showed that the event make John feel oppressed.
Nash does not answer, concentrates on his play. Milnor: “What if you lose?”
And with that Milnor makes a deft move and takes the game. Nash sits there. Stunned.
Nash: “You should not have won. The game is flawed.” Milnor: “Ah, the hubris of the defeated.”
Nash is furious, sweeps the board with his hand, rises and walks away. Milnor smiles, shakes his head.
From the dialogue above, John Nash is described as an arrogant man. He cannot accept his defeat while playing the game with his friend because he thinks he always
be a winner. So when he loses, it makes him feel depressed and assumes that the game is wrong.
4.2.2. The Causes
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