Peter Schizophrenia

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Peter’s character wasn’t portrayed emotionally as someone with schizophrenia. As a viewer, you can hardly tell that he is someone that hears voices. He really only shows it in the beginning when he’s huddled in the corner, covering his hears and rocking back and forth. This is fits in the diagnostic criteria of auditory hallucinations. Everything in the movie, even the background sounds are so loud in order to show us what it’s like in Peter’s mind. Peter also shows sign of grossly disorganized in schizophrenia. I say this because it leads to difficulty in some of his everyday activities due to the fact he does not like his reflection. He busted out one of the windows in his car because he couldn’t stand it. He ends up hurting himself due to