The film “A Beautiful Mind” was a very inspiring and touching movie. It centered around the life of John Nash, a mathematical genius, and provided a glimpse into his developing mental illness. Nash was completely driven by his ambition to think up an original idea, that he didn’t attend any of his college classes at Princeton, regarding them as ruining creativity. After much hardship and effort, Nash utilized his imaginative powers to create an original idea that catapulted him into an academic elite.
Soon after graduating he held a position at MIT developing his ideas and teaching classes. While there he was approached by a government agent and asked to break an extremely difficult code. After successfully cracking the code he was offered to work as a spy for the government against the Russians. It was eventually discovered that Nash imagined the whole government operation and it did not really exist. His mind was so powerful that he successfully convinced himself of imaginary characters actually existing.
After the delusions of working for the government grew out of control, he was admitted into a psychiatric ward and began to take medication for his illness. Nash for the first time in his life, tried to reconcile the fact that a lot of important memories, people, and experiences did not actually exist. This drove him to the border of insanity, but with the love and support of his wife Alicia, he was able to endure his deceptive imagination and maintain a functioning life.
Soon after graduating he held a position at MIT developing his ideas and teaching classes. While there he was approached by a government agent and asked to break an extremely difficult code. After successfully cracking the code he was offered to work as a spy for the government against the Russians. It was eventually discovered that Nash imagined the whole government operation and it did not really exist. His mind was so powerful that he successfully convinced himself of imaginary characters actually existing.
After the delusions of working for the government grew out of control, he was admitted into a psychiatric ward and began to take medication for his illness. Nash for the first time in his life, tried to reconcile the fact that a lot of important memories, people, and experiences did not actually exist. This drove him to the border of insanity, but with the love and support of his wife Alicia, he was able to endure his deceptive imagination and maintain a functioning life.
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