Alan Turing: The Outbreak Of War

Imagine it’s the start of WW2 and you were given a task of decoding an ever changing, impossible to crack, nazi code called the enigma. This very task was what was assigned to many of Britain's greatest minds among them was a man named Alan Turing. In short Alan was smart but socially awkward and found himself working alone even though he is apart of the team. Throughout his work during the WWII era he conducted extensive research using major mathematical concepts in order to further his work on his machine that would break enigma. Although among his peers he was known as a genius and one of the major factors in Britain's victory over the Germans many of the common people never learned about his actions during the war. His work had been tucked …show more content…
In fact people did not even know of his work and or even his existence. For years people didn’t have a clue about his work during the war until on December 24th, 2013 when Queen Elizabeth II royally pardoned him. I believe that one of the main factors on why Alan was disregarded was due to his conviction in 1952 for homosexuality. Up until 1967 being a homosexual was a crime and could be punishable by prison time, community service or chemical castration (which was Alan Turing’s punishment). The fact that homosexuals were discriminated against and were thought of as criminals must of had something to do as to why he was never regarded in the books as a hero or even mentioned at all. Even when he was being treated during his punishment he continued his work which shows that even what your sexual preference is it does not define who you are as a person. The people who made the decision to leave him out probably felt people would not want to have a homosexual in the books because it is indecent. I believe that if he was to be a hero today he would not have gotten the same treatment at …show more content…
Not only did he invent the first computer but was a major contributor to why we won the second world war. In my opinion The Imitation Game gave me a good sense of what he did during the war and why he was so important. It showed me the main focus of his life his creation of the first computer and the context behind why he was doing it. I also noticed that the movie had little nods to what would soon be known as his Turing test in the interrogation scenes of the movie. I really enjoyed this movie for being a technical WWII movie but without the major action with a bigger focus on what is behind the curtain. All in all The Imitation Game was a movie I thoroughly enjoyed and would recommend to anybody who likes mathematics, history, or science in