A Beautiful Mind Essay

A Beautiful Mind, directed by Ron Howard, garnered a lot of success by winning four Academy Awards in the year 2001. By winning categories such as Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actress, A Beautiful Mind proved to the world that it was truly a great film. There were many factors that account for why A Beautiful Mind won at the heavily coveted Academy Award. Cinematic elements such as different camera angles, a fatalistic tone in many scenes of the movie, and fantastic costume and appearance of Russell Crowe all contribute to A Beautiful Mind’s success.

The Bible gives us the first love poem in creation in Adam’s response when he first sees Eve. In Genesis 2:23, Adam says, “This is now bone of my bones, flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man (KJV).” Milton in Paradise Lost goes into a deeper description of Adam’s first glimpse of Eve, saying that he saw her creation in a dream while he was asleep, then woke, and was “left […] dark,” and he thought he would “find her, or forever […] deplore / Her loss (VIII.478-479).” Once he sees her, and she is brought to him, Milton expands further on the Biblical account. Eve, however, has a different version of their first meeting. According to Milton in Book IV, when Eve is first given sentience, she wanders a bit and finds a pond that shows her reflection. She is rapt by her own beauty, and seems that she could easily slip into a Narcissus-type episode, if left to stare. But, God tells her it is her reflection, that it is not permanent, but that there is someone corporeal waiting for her. She follows the voice and sees Adam, whom she finds “fair indeed and tall, / […] yet methought less fair, / Less winning soft, less amiably mild, / Than that smooth watery image (477-480).” She then turns away from him. Milton gives his readers two obviously different characters, the question becomes whether these two proto-married people even seem to love each other, and why Biblical submission is established as it is in Genesis and Milton.

Excellent questions are the key to understanding a text since it requires deep processing of information; from what was just read or from another source that you need to search for. The internal processing can only truly begin when the reader is willing to join in on the academic conversation that is already happening. By joining the conversation, the reader has read numerous texts relating to what they are inquiring about therefore they have already begun asking stupendous questions. The academic discussion is only possible because of critical inquiry from the reader. For example, while I read Ta-Nehisi Coates memoir Between the World and Me, I continually questioned what Coates was saying about the injustices he faced. I had already believed

The inspiration for creating “Of Two Minds” (Munro, 2016) began when reviewing a course reading for our first class, by the City of Toronto entitled “Quick facts about homelessness and social housing in Toronto.” (n.d.) I was drawn to a particular statistic that showed approximately 447 people slept rough (on the street) on one night in April of 2013. (City of Toronto, n.d.) With this stat still lingering in the back of my mind, an epiphanic moment arose when my instructor outlined our final project parameters. Allowing for an alternative medium through which I could express my acquired course knowledge, I formed a short narrative in my mind that I knew would lead to a greater understanding of homelessness for myself and perhaps, my classmates.

I will reflect on an incident that occurred during my shift to develop positive attitude towards nursing informatics.

During my placement at Project Booyah, I found the 500 hours both a challenging and rewarding experience. Throughout my experience new knowledge and skills were gained as well as insight into looking at issues from a different perspective, ability to identify personal values clashes with organisational values and developing my self-awareness of these issues through critical reflection in which I found invaluable to my practice. Each of these areas will be discussed in more detail below, before discussing areas I have identified for further development.

Alicia observed the different and erratic behavior of Nash.So she decided to inform a physician at a psychiatric hospital. Nash was admitted diagnostical as schizophrenia. During admission, the workers at the psychiatric facility were considered at Soviet kidnapper’s delusion of Nash. Alicia discovered John's letters in the postbox and were never opened. When she faces them about this fact, he finally realized that he has been hallucinating. He arrives to understand that William Parcher, Charles and his niece Marcee were all part of his hallucinations. Then, Nash is released with antipsychotic drugs after numerous shock therapies.

Over the course of this semester me and our group success have participated in a variety of activities coordinated by the Counselor Mrs. Warren which touch on topics oriented around college, careers, and ourselves as people. These activities taught us life skills that we can apply in our life. For example, some of the activities included learning to do or determine our SMART goals, long term goals, skills/strengths, values and making decisions based on them, pathways to our potential career/education. Therefore, what we learned as a group with Mrs. Warren was how to apply those life skills taught in everyday life, How we would reach point A to point B, and learn more about ourselves as people.

There are words, that when uttered, imparts fear into the hearts of all who hear them. Schizophrenia is among those frightful words. A debilitating mental condition that is chronic and severe in nature, which negatively impacts an individual’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Their wounded psyche often renders them unable to differentiate between fantasy and reality. Imagine the horror of helplessly descending into the throes of a dark, fragmented, confused, and unfamiliar world. Finding yourself alone in an existence that only you can perceive. A previously healthy, mentally stable individual suddenly and inexplicably begins to display an assortment of symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, nonsensical talk, overexaggerated or inappropriate emotional responses, or becomes completely devoid of emotions and feelings altogether (Myers & Dewall, 2015, pp. 640-641). One such instance was highlighted by Hollywood in the movie “A Beautiful Mind,” which was based on the true story of the scholarly and brilliant Nobel Prize winning mathematician, John Nash. Nash was blindsided by this devastating syndrome of the mind at the age of thirty-one. His education, prestige, or class did not exempt him from this hellish nightmare (Grazer & Howard, 2001).

Make sure you’re eating a diet rich in whole grain breads, cereals, barley, popcorn, etc.,

I love to attend this small men's bible study at this little diner just down the road from where I live. It astounds me that despite the diverse framework of backgrounds and beliefs, all the men in this group share similar struggles with the flesh. Struggles with fear, anger, lust, doubtfulness, and pride. Struggles that are immensely difficult yet remain elementary pursuits in our walk with God. These struggles even the apostles battled through.

While visiting the SCAD museum of Art I came across an extraordinary piece of art that caught my eye.You Diserve it mama!! by, Aaron Fowler this art piece caught my eye for many reasons.One being it was a tribute to his mom.Secondly I liked the way the artist used everyday items to create this piece.

God can be viewed as a hero through the eyes of many different people in many different religions. He is a spiritual guide to people of all ages all over the world. I have never been a religious person and I have never been exposed to any type of religion. I have just recently been taking an interest in God, but it has been mostly within the Christian and Catholic religions. I think it is truly incredible how God has such a powerful connection with people that He has and never will be able to meet. The comfort that comes with having a reason for everything that happens in the world is intriguing. Learning more about God will allow me to better understand how His spiritual guidance has affected His people and how it has led them to believe that He is a hero.

Welcome back! Thank you for joining me in going just a little deeper in discovering how Jesus kept Himself from resentment.

The Gospel of Luke Jesus describes his purpose as one of preaching the good news of the Kingdom of God, saying, “I must preach the good news of the Kingdom of God to other towns as well, for I was sent for this purpose.” (Luke 4:43) Jesus told parables to help us grow a closer relationship with God and to stimulate fresh ways of thought, decision, and action. C.H. Dodd wrote, “At its simplest the parable is a metaphor or simile drawn from nature or common life, arresting the hearer by its vividness or strangeness and leaving the mind in sufficient doubt about its precise application to tease it into active thought.” The stories are full of moral lessons that teach us that being good will get us rewards. As we hear the parables, we remember that when we serve in the Kingdom of God, we will be blessed and valued by God. In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus told many parables, in which the parables of the Good Samaritan and of the Lost Sheep are two of my favorite. These stories portray Jesus’ works and how he reaches out to all kinds of people.