Misery Movie Analysis

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Misery Misery the movie is about a famous author Paul Sheldon (played by James Caan) who is known for a series of award winning novels called Misery. To get inspiration for his books Paul Sheldon has ritual of visiting the Colorado mountains to complete his novels. Sheldon visited the mountains and in due time finishes his novel. In a haste to get back to his daily routines, Sheldon travels down the mountain unknowingly heading directly into a severe winter storm. While driving he ends up crashing and becoming seriously injured in the process. Thankfully and somewhat regretfully former nurse Anne Wilkes (Kathy Bates) Saves him. Anne bring him to her nearby home, on an isolated farm away from town to nurse Paul back to health. Anne is …show more content…

477). To rule out schizophrenia we look at criteria B and C. Criteria B states for a significant portion of time the onset of disturbance, level of functioning in one or more area is markedly below the level achieved prior to onset. From the movie you see that Anne goes from be delusional but is still able to maintain daily functions. Criteria C states “Continuous signs of disturbance persist for at least 6 months’ period” (Barlow & Durand,2015, pg.481). Annie does exhibit sign of odd behavior for 6 …show more content…

You see this with the treatment of Paul and the sheriff. Annie is over the age of 18. There is evidence of conduct disorder before the age of 15 (Barlow & Durand, 2015, pg. 453-6). In a scene from the movie, Annie recollects her life and detail a scene from her younger years. She talks about being disappointed and excited about a cliffhanger movie, where a superhero was expected to die. However, in the next week session of the cliffhanger movie the hero survived. She recalls being upset, ranting and, yelling at the other children who cheered because the superhero survived. Another incident is the death of her father when she was eleven. The news article stated he died of a freak accident. Annie is the one who found him dead at the bottom of the stairs. She was also the one to alert police. Another similar incident is reported to happen to Anne’s College classmate. There were pending charges against her for the mysterious deaths of infants, while she was the head nurse at the hospital she worked at. The occurrence of antisocial behavior does occur with schizophrenia nor bipolar because they have already been ruled

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