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Examples Of Schizophrenia In Of Mice And Men

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According to nimh.nih.gov, schizophrenia is a disorder that affects 1.5 million people around the world. It mainly affects people between the ages 17 and 30 in this case it’s one of the main characters in the novel Of Mice And Men. Schizophrenia is long term mental disorder that affects Lennie's life everyday, it can blur thoughts, emotions, and behavior leading to faulty precipitation, hallucinations, and withdrawal. Through the novel, John Steinbeck puts out information that something is wrong with Lennie but he never states what it is.
According to nami.org Memory loss is a symptom of schizophrenia. For instance on page 15 George Milton has to repeat himself to lennie several times for him to understand. “you can remember this place can’t you?” “The ranch is a quarter mile up that way just follow the river”. “sure said lennie i can remember this. Didn’t i remember about not gonna say a word.” “Course you did. Well, look. Lennie if you get in trouble like you always done before, I want you to come right here and hide in the brush.” “Hide in the brush lennie said slowly. Hide in the brush till i come for you.” “Can you remember that?” “Sure, I can George.”(15) …show more content…

She took Lennie’s hand and put it on her head. “Feel right around there and see how soft it is.” Lennie’s big fingers fell to stroking her hair. “Don’t you muss it up,” she said. Lennie said, “Oh! Thats nice,”and he stroked harder. “Oh that’s nice.” “Look out, now, you’ll mess it.” And then she cried angrily, “you stop it no you’ll mess it all up.” She jerked her head sideways, and Lennie’s fingers closed on her hair and hung on. "Let go," she cried. "You let go!" Lennie was in a panic. His face was contorted. She screamed then, and Lennie's other hand closed over her mouth and

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