Analysis Of Jim Stevens 'Poem Schizophrenia'

I chose to write my research paper over Schizophrenia. It is a psychological disorder that I have always found fascinating. It is a serious disorder that consumes a person's life and is nearly impossible to control. In this paper, I will talk about the definition of Schizophrenia, the diagnosis of Schizophrenia, Schizophrenia in children, suicide, sexually related characteristics of the disease, sleep disorders caused by the disease, differences in the disease on different ethnicities, and insensitivity to pain.

Jim Stevens’ poem, Schizophrenia, gives readers an insight of how the mind of a schizophrenic operates and how the disorder affects an individual. Stevens creatively reveals the main idea through his use of the elements of imagery, diction, and style. He does so, specifically, by his heavy use of metaphors. To demonstrate imagery, Stevens links the devices, extended metaphor and personification, and also relies on onomatopoeia, which make it easier for Stevens’ audience to visualize and understand the mind of a schizophrenic individual. Moreover, he heightens his level of diction through creating double meanings out of common words, which begin to symbolize the symptoms of a schizophrenic. By his short sentences and the way that each stanza

"It had begun with slamming doors angry feet scuffing the carpets, dishes slammed onto the table"/“Greasy stains spreading on the cloth" (2-4) Greasy stains spreading indicating the growth of the problems within the relationship and how they can take on a life of their own.

Paranoia, hallucinations, emotional withdrawal - . fFor victims of schizophrenia everyday life is a strange and terrifying journey. Schizophrenia shatters people’s ability to feel, to communicate, to understand or interact with the everyday world. The symptoms represent what we know best about the disease however no one knows exactly why it strikes, who the next victim will be and how to reverse its life ruining effects.

The second and third stanzas demonstrate the progression of the symptoms of Schizophrenia by describing events that take place within the house. The second stanza begins with “It had begun with slamming doors, angry feet scuffing the carpets, / dishes slammed on the table…” (line 2-3). The word “it” refers to the turmoil within the house, which represents the beginning of the hallucinations and voices being heard within a schizophrenic’s mind. The “slamming doors,” “angry feet,” and “dishes slammed on the table,” are all descriptions of how the people living within the house damage it: slamming doors can break them, scuffing carpets can rip them, and slamming dishes on the table breaks them and damages the table itself. In relation to the metaphor, the people who

These words are the description of schizophrenia, written by a woman who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, Elyn Saks. Her

"Schizophrenia" by Jim Stevens is a poem depicting the way a schizophrenic person 's brain works. In the first line of the poem Jim Stevens says "It was the house that suffered the most". Although he is using the visualization of a house, I believe that he is really just using imagery to portray a human. I believe that each stanza portrays a different symptom of Schizophrenia.

The house experiences the pain, the fighting, and all the separation that the man does. (9-11) “The house came to miss the shouting voices, the threats, the half-apologies, noisy reconciliations, the sobbing that followed.” The house is being personified as the protagonist. This is important, because it reveals the relationship of the house and the speaker’s mind and how the fighting and makeups became such a ritual that it was expected to happen

2a. In the poem, "Schizophrenia" by Jim Stevens, a few different figures of speech are used throughout. One specific figure of speech that Stevens uses is an extended metaphor. The extended metaphor is shown through the use of personification. In the very first line of the poem, it reads "It was the house that suffered the most" (703). This line is followed by "It had begun slamming doors, angry feet scuffing the carpets,/ dishes slammed onto the table,/ greasy stains spreading on the cloth" (703). This figure of speech adds to the poem because it gives the house human characteristics to make it directly relatable to a person who might be suffering from schizophrenia hence the title of the poem. Throughout this entire poem, Stevens compares

In this week’s readings chapter twelve is about schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder in which personal, social, and occupational functioning deteriorate as a result of strange perceptions, unusual emotions, and motor abnormalities. This disorder is very interesting, but also kind of scary to me. They literally end up in their own world, losing contact with reality. With that, they also experience hallucinations or delusions, which can cause them to do abnormal, possibly dangerous actions. These symptoms must last six months or more before the person can be diagnosed with schizophrenia. It will affect 1 out of 100 people in the world during ones lifetime. This disorder, unlike many others, is just as common among men and women,

This paper defines schizophrenia from a biological and psychological perspective and also provides treatment to help combat symptoms of schizophrenia. This paper has three important contributions. First, by defining and expanding on schizophrenia from a biological perspective, I can identify the nature related predispositions. After expanding from a biological approach, secondly, I will analyze schizophrenia from a psychological aspect by determining if there is any environment or nurturing externals that can result to schizophrenia. Lastly, I will provide treatment details and also reveal early signs to schizophrenia. This paper is important because schizophrenia is an epic mental disease and it is crucially important to bring awareness to the public of how we can limit the illness. It is unclear whether schizophrenia have only a biological background or psychological background, but what was discovered is that both contribute to schizophrenia. Positive and negative treatment can be combatted undergoing pharmaceutical and psychotherapy,

What exactly is schizophrenia? As stated in the class lecture slides, it is a neurodevelopmental disorder of the brain that is expressed in abnormal mental functions and disturbed behavior. Some of the symptoms include; hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, slow thinking, disorganized speech, significant impairment in functioning, etc. In this essay, I will be discussing Schizophrenia in Alice’s character, hence the fact I will be describing her symptoms, causes, outcomes, etc.

Schizophrenia is a life-long disorder that affects about one percent of the population (Mueser & McGurk, 2004). The cause of this mental illness is still unclear. Studies have suggested that Schizophrenia does not arise from one factor but from a combination of genetic, environmental, and social factors (Liddle, 1987). People diagnosed with Schizophrenia struggle to deal with a multitude of symptoms that make it difficult to function (Mueser & McGurk, 2004). Antipsychotic medications are a popular treatment of the symptoms of Schizophrenia (Mueser & McGurk, 2004). Research is constantly being done to develop these medications to enhance the quality of life of those diagnosed with Schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia as a Biological Disorder As well as the biological approaches there are physiological, psychological and environmental explanations. New theories of schizophrenia are constantly being developed each having their own advantages and disadvantages. How do we know however, which one is correct? The biological explanation suggests that schizophrenia is produced by an unfortunate combination of genes or is due to physical problems in the brain.

Schizophrenia is a mental illness that is diagnosed in 0.5%-1% of the population in their lifetime (van Os et al, 2010). Its literal translation is ‘split-brain’, though it does not refer to multiple personality disorder, but rather a split from reality characterized by its disturbed perceptions, disorganized thinking and inappropriate emotions (Myers, 2010). Much research has been carried out to gain a better understanding of the causes of this serious disorder. A popular theory is the diathesis-stress model. This theory of schizophrenia proposes that stress can elicit a pre-existing vulnerability to the disorder (Jones & Fernyhough, 2007). This model focuses on the interaction between genetic heritability of the disorder, and the environments interaction