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Essay about A Beautiful Mind
"To see is to believe..." This is a famous quote that has been passed on from one generation to
another generation, and has been securely kept deep within my views and perceptions in my life.
Actually, that is one of my favorite quotations since my childhood years. However, after watching
this movie, my perception was opened to a lot of realizations and realizations in life that I never
thought of before.
One of these realizations is the fact that seeing something is not a guarantee for you to believe that
it really exists. This fact only states that even your own eyes and your own minds can fool you.
This is what happened to the case of John Nash in the movie. His wife, Alicia, took note of every
weird action that he started manifesting,...show more content...
Great love that endured through thick and thin is a thing that will definitely make the impossible
things as possible or to change the incurable to curable.
Nash's story mainly revolved around the themes of love, intelligence and acceptance. All through
out the movie, these messages are consistently communicated by the actors to their watchers. Love
is what made the relationship of Nash and Alicia stronger as each day passes by. This is one of the
great tools that helped Nash to go back to the reality of his life which he almost lost during his
exacerbation days. When Nash started to have his schizophrenia, Alicia is so desperate to help his
husband and to make him have a normal life again. A life that is far from paranoia and hostility is
the kind of life that Alicia wishes for her husband. On the other hand, the excellent intelligence that
Nash manifested by formulating the game theory received due recognition as the Noble Prize
Award. Such intellectual ability is something that one must be proud of and something that one
must make use of. It is also nice to think that even though Nash suffers from various tragedies and
psychiatric illnesses, he was still accepted by the people and the scholars regardless of the
background the person. Acceptance is such a big word that Nash experienced in the full sense. It is
good to hear that he was able to have self–acceptance, peer acceptance, and group acceptance. He
fought off
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Beautiful Mind
Beautiful Mind, a movie with a high context of perseverance, determination, and sacrifices, presents
how the life of a person and people surrounding grieve when an individual suffers psychological
disorder. John Nash suffers systematized paranoid delusion and visual hallucinations a phenomenon
with a subsequent deterioration in every aspect of his life, but he challenges himself to preserve his
dignity. In this movie self–determination was fostered by Nash; for example, he was provide with
opportunities for choice; His wife, Alicia Nash, allowed him to decide for himself asking him for his
preferences. John was respected and supported not only by his wife, but also, by his colleagues.
Once Nash was able to work he regain his work as a professor
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Essay on Beautiful Mind
CMI Kowats Pd. 4 March 12, 2011 A Beautiful Mind Questions Section 1: Questions: 1. Describe
the opening sequence when John Nash sees the others. What patterns does he see? Why is this
important? John sees patterns on the man's tie, and relates it to reflections of light and shapes. This
shows his analytical mind, and his ability to relate two arbitrary things to geometry and math. 2.
What is Nash's role at Princeton? Nash is a graduate student at Princeton. He is also famous for
being one of two recipients of the Carnegie Prize for math. 3. What are the prizes the students talk
about? The students talk about the Carnegie Prize, which John Nash and Martin Hansen both win. 4.
How does Nash relate to the...show more content...
These patterns help emphasize the greatness of his mind. 2. What are your strengths and
weaknesses? My strengths are academics, music, and my faith. My weaknesses unfortunately
include a lack of a good work ethic. 3. What is your dream? What would happen if you didn't
achieve it? My dream is to play music professionally, or graduate college and land a stable job. If I
did not achieve this, then I would feel horrible, but try to make the best of what I have. 4. This
film has a lot of characters, and not all of them get major screen time even though they're essential
for the story. Keep a list of the characters, some identifying physical trait, and their relationship to
Nash. (Marvin Hanson, Charles Owen, Nils, and Saul Bender are all introduced here.) Characters: o
Marvin Hansen is Nash's rival in academics at Princeton. o Charles Owen (Who is this?) – Charles
Herman is Nash's "prodigal roommate" and his close friend. o Ainsley Neilson is one of the guys in
the group. He wore the tie about which Nash claims a mathematical explanation to explain how bad
it is. o Sol is one of Nash's friends from Princeton, whom he chose to work at MIT with him. o
Bender is another one of Nash's close friends, who was also chosen to work at MIT. 5. Is it possible
to have everyone win in life? Does life need to have winners and
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A Beautiful Mind Essay
In the movie A Beautiful Mind by Ron Howard, John Nash is the main focus of this movie because
he was diagnosed with a serious mental disease known as schizophrenia. Schizophrenia can be
described by many different symptoms, but most cases contain illogical thoughts or hallucinations
(1). This mental disease became a prominent factor in John Nash's life during his early adulthood. At
this time, he was studying to obtain his doctorate at Princeton University. Although he had such an
immaculate knowledge, it was his mind that was his downfall. His problems began by fantasizing a
roommate named Charles Herman. This fantasy stays with him for the rest of his life. Once
graduating with a doctorate, he begins working for the Massachusetts...show more content...
Although this is not a huge indicator of schizophrenia, it still seems to be a little awkward. One of
his main characteristics throughout the movie was his seldomness. It took a major role in his
college days and his time working at MIT. In both cases, he would isolate himself to not be around
people, and to also work on his projects. I also noticed that his knowledge of what great intellect he
had allowed him to be insanely self–confident, but he never showed any of it because he never spoke
to anyone. A scene in the movie that caught my eye was the part whenever Hansen and Nash were
playing a game. Nash lost and instantly emitted a dumbfounded expression, he could not grasp
that he had actually lost. This frustrated John because he thought he had calculated it perfectly,
and that everything was in his favor. His competitiveness defined him, that is what made John
Nash push himself to unbelievable mental distances. This competitiveness also lead to his fear in
failure. All he knew was success, and whenever he would fail, he would destroy himself to make
sure he did not make that mistake again. His sporadic mind allowed him to take failure and
criticize himself harshly. He busted his head into a glass window to tell himself that he was
messing up and that he was a loser. It is okay to discipline yourself if you are wrong, but not to that
extreme. He used his physical outside to absorb the hurt he was feeling mentally.
John Nash's ending to college was prompted by an
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Beautiful Mind Essay

  • 1. Essay about A Beautiful Mind "To see is to believe..." This is a famous quote that has been passed on from one generation to another generation, and has been securely kept deep within my views and perceptions in my life. Actually, that is one of my favorite quotations since my childhood years. However, after watching this movie, my perception was opened to a lot of realizations and realizations in life that I never thought of before. One of these realizations is the fact that seeing something is not a guarantee for you to believe that it really exists. This fact only states that even your own eyes and your own minds can fool you. This is what happened to the case of John Nash in the movie. His wife, Alicia, took note of every weird action that he started manifesting,...show more content... Great love that endured through thick and thin is a thing that will definitely make the impossible things as possible or to change the incurable to curable. Nash's story mainly revolved around the themes of love, intelligence and acceptance. All through out the movie, these messages are consistently communicated by the actors to their watchers. Love is what made the relationship of Nash and Alicia stronger as each day passes by. This is one of the great tools that helped Nash to go back to the reality of his life which he almost lost during his exacerbation days. When Nash started to have his schizophrenia, Alicia is so desperate to help his husband and to make him have a normal life again. A life that is far from paranoia and hostility is the kind of life that Alicia wishes for her husband. On the other hand, the excellent intelligence that Nash manifested by formulating the game theory received due recognition as the Noble Prize Award. Such intellectual ability is something that one must be proud of and something that one must make use of. It is also nice to think that even though Nash suffers from various tragedies and psychiatric illnesses, he was still accepted by the people and the scholars regardless of the background the person. Acceptance is such a big word that Nash experienced in the full sense. It is good to hear that he was able to have self–acceptance, peer acceptance, and group acceptance. He fought off Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 2. Beautiful Mind Beautiful Mind, a movie with a high context of perseverance, determination, and sacrifices, presents how the life of a person and people surrounding grieve when an individual suffers psychological disorder. John Nash suffers systematized paranoid delusion and visual hallucinations a phenomenon with a subsequent deterioration in every aspect of his life, but he challenges himself to preserve his dignity. In this movie self–determination was fostered by Nash; for example, he was provide with opportunities for choice; His wife, Alicia Nash, allowed him to decide for himself asking him for his preferences. John was respected and supported not only by his wife, but also, by his colleagues. Once Nash was able to work he regain his work as a professor Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 3. Essay on Beautiful Mind CMI Kowats Pd. 4 March 12, 2011 A Beautiful Mind Questions Section 1: Questions: 1. Describe the opening sequence when John Nash sees the others. What patterns does he see? Why is this important? John sees patterns on the man's tie, and relates it to reflections of light and shapes. This shows his analytical mind, and his ability to relate two arbitrary things to geometry and math. 2. What is Nash's role at Princeton? Nash is a graduate student at Princeton. He is also famous for being one of two recipients of the Carnegie Prize for math. 3. What are the prizes the students talk about? The students talk about the Carnegie Prize, which John Nash and Martin Hansen both win. 4. How does Nash relate to the...show more content... These patterns help emphasize the greatness of his mind. 2. What are your strengths and weaknesses? My strengths are academics, music, and my faith. My weaknesses unfortunately include a lack of a good work ethic. 3. What is your dream? What would happen if you didn't achieve it? My dream is to play music professionally, or graduate college and land a stable job. If I did not achieve this, then I would feel horrible, but try to make the best of what I have. 4. This film has a lot of characters, and not all of them get major screen time even though they're essential for the story. Keep a list of the characters, some identifying physical trait, and their relationship to Nash. (Marvin Hanson, Charles Owen, Nils, and Saul Bender are all introduced here.) Characters: o Marvin Hansen is Nash's rival in academics at Princeton. o Charles Owen (Who is this?) – Charles Herman is Nash's "prodigal roommate" and his close friend. o Ainsley Neilson is one of the guys in the group. He wore the tie about which Nash claims a mathematical explanation to explain how bad it is. o Sol is one of Nash's friends from Princeton, whom he chose to work at MIT with him. o Bender is another one of Nash's close friends, who was also chosen to work at MIT. 5. Is it possible to have everyone win in life? Does life need to have winners and Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 4. A Beautiful Mind Essay In the movie A Beautiful Mind by Ron Howard, John Nash is the main focus of this movie because he was diagnosed with a serious mental disease known as schizophrenia. Schizophrenia can be described by many different symptoms, but most cases contain illogical thoughts or hallucinations (1). This mental disease became a prominent factor in John Nash's life during his early adulthood. At this time, he was studying to obtain his doctorate at Princeton University. Although he had such an immaculate knowledge, it was his mind that was his downfall. His problems began by fantasizing a roommate named Charles Herman. This fantasy stays with him for the rest of his life. Once graduating with a doctorate, he begins working for the Massachusetts...show more content... Although this is not a huge indicator of schizophrenia, it still seems to be a little awkward. One of his main characteristics throughout the movie was his seldomness. It took a major role in his college days and his time working at MIT. In both cases, he would isolate himself to not be around people, and to also work on his projects. I also noticed that his knowledge of what great intellect he had allowed him to be insanely self–confident, but he never showed any of it because he never spoke to anyone. A scene in the movie that caught my eye was the part whenever Hansen and Nash were playing a game. Nash lost and instantly emitted a dumbfounded expression, he could not grasp that he had actually lost. This frustrated John because he thought he had calculated it perfectly, and that everything was in his favor. His competitiveness defined him, that is what made John Nash push himself to unbelievable mental distances. This competitiveness also lead to his fear in failure. All he knew was success, and whenever he would fail, he would destroy himself to make sure he did not make that mistake again. His sporadic mind allowed him to take failure and criticize himself harshly. He busted his head into a glass window to tell himself that he was messing up and that he was a loser. It is okay to discipline yourself if you are wrong, but not to that extreme. He used his physical outside to absorb the hurt he was feeling mentally. John Nash's ending to college was prompted by an Get more content on HelpWriting.net