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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelIn the novel of Thomas Harris?s Red Dragon, Francis Dolarhyde suffers from
mental illness. That is why, the thesis writer is interested in studying his mental
illness. His mental illness becomes the issue that the thesis writer wants to analyze.
The thesis writer wants to know the symptoms, causes, and effect of his mental
illness. The thesis writer finds that Francis has false belief that he is the dragon and
hears voices. She also finds that the family and society are the causes of his mental
illness. As a result of his mental illness, he decides to suicide and doing destructive
behaviors. In order to examine Francis Dolarhyde?s mental illness, the thesis writer
uses psychological approach and theory is the theory of schizophrenia as the only
theory in this thesis and it will be divided into types and symptoms, causes and effect
of schizophrenia. The analysis is done by analyzing the symptoms, causes and effect
of Francis Dolarhyde?s mental illness. Then, the thesis writer gives conclusion that
Francis? mental illness is concluded as paranoid schizophrenia.