A Beautiful Mind tells the autobiographical story of Jonh Nash Jr. a distinguished
professor from Princeton who went on to make some great theories and win the Nobel prize.
The centerpiece of the story is the fact that John Nash suffers from schizopherinia a debilitating
condition for the most people which leaves them helpless. It is amazing that Nash has been able
Nash was in college trying to complete an orginal idea that his class mates wouldnt even
think about. Nash felt that class wasnt any use to him, since he was a mathmatician. He would
hang out with the same group of friends while trying to complete his work. He would talk to his
roomate Charles about everything, while his roomate would try to influence him to try new
He eventually graduates Princetion and is presented with a job at Wheeler, on the
campus of MIT. He was teaching and doing small jobs for the government, but when hes called
in to break a russian code, John Nash is swept away into the world of international intrigue and
is presented with a top secret-mission to find codes in various magaizines and report back to his
handler, William Parcher. Nash, Becomes obsessed with his work, always tearing through
magazinesand delervering this cut out in a top secret envenlope in a mail box.
Everthing seemes to be going fine For John, He has a girlfriend and his job is stable, but
one day, everything falls apart. His cover seemily blown, John believes the Russians have
discovered his work and have taken him to a secret mental institution. Heres where the plot
takes a decidedly different turn and the movie starts to get really good.
In actualiaty the institution was real and his friends have seen how John was acting
different becoming obsessed and sneaking around. His wife at the time just thought he was
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