In a society like today we take for granted many things; things such as computers and other technology. Does Alan Turing ring a bell? However, it may not to some; he was a pleasing brilliant mathematician that was persecuted because of his homosexuality rather than being seen for his brilliance. Turing’s invention of defeating the enigma of the Nazi code made an ostentatious impact on human history. The Imitation Game a boundless film based on a real story that can be a great addition to the English Curriculum: British literature because it portrays the crucial reality of how things were throughout World War II and how Turing’s success came to be. It trails a genius who under nail-biting pressure helped to shorten the war and, in return, saved
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The intensity and distrust came about everyone and ideas were being thrown left and right. However, solving the enigma becomes Turing’s main focus as he states in the film, “I like solving problems, Commander. And Enigma is the most difficult problem in the world” (Tyldum).This quote portrays the self-confidence and determination Turning is willing to accomplish to end this war with the Germans. Although when Andrew Hodges the author of the novel “Alan Turing: The Enigma” wrote the story in 1983, society had started to become more open towards the idea of homosexuals then before. However people still were very critical towards the subject which caused many problems, but by that time the war was over. Research shows that Hodges has chosen to write about this particular story because as a mathematics student at Cambridge in the late 1960s, he came across Alan Turing while reading what we now call the Foundations of Computer Science. Turing’s name came up in quite a different context in 1972 through his involvement in the gay rights movement. Soon enough Hodges becomes very interested about his story and realizes it would be a great novel and leads off to success. The purpose of the film is to depict the importance of trying to survive not just the war but life
The intensity and distrust came about everyone and ideas were being thrown left and right. However, solving the enigma becomes Turing’s main focus as he states in the film, “I like solving problems, Commander. And Enigma is the most difficult problem in the world” (Tyldum).This quote portrays the self-confidence and determination Turning is willing to accomplish to end this war with the Germans. Although when Andrew Hodges the author of the novel “Alan Turing: The Enigma” wrote the story in 1983, society had started to become more open towards the idea of homosexuals then before. However people still were very critical towards the subject which caused many problems, but by that time the war was over. Research shows that Hodges has chosen to write about this particular story because as a mathematics student at Cambridge in the late 1960s, he came across Alan Turing while reading what we now call the Foundations of Computer Science. Turing’s name came up in quite a different context in 1972 through his involvement in the gay rights movement. Soon enough Hodges becomes very interested about his story and realizes it would be a great novel and leads off to success. The purpose of the film is to depict the importance of trying to survive not just the war but life