UNIVERSIDAD DISTRITAL FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE CALDAS

FACULTAD DE MEDIO AMBIENTE Y RECURSOS NATURALES

INGENIERÍA AMBIENTAL
INGLÉS II

Name: Daniela Carolina Flórez Ballesteros

Code: 20191780015

The theory of everything

The theory of everything (2014) is a story about Stephen Hawking, who is the best
physicist of our time. It is a film by James Marsh and it is a biographical story, based on
Traveling to Infinitive: My life with Stephen by Jane Hawking who was the first wife of
this physicist.
The story starts at the University of Cambridge in the 1960s, and it shows how a shy boy
becomes the greatest physicist at an early age, while we knows about the love story with his
wife and the health problems that he had, because his illness was Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis, and this made him lose his movements and speech, but this never made him stop
astonishing with his intelligence and the way he saw the universe. I think that it was the
most shocking event in the film because when he had his first fall from not being able to
move well, it generated a suspense and a shocking moment that I really felt it.
However, this was not an impediment either for Stephen to marry Jane and have a family,
while he continues to study. Later, Jane decides to hire a pianist to teach one of her children
and she begins to fall in love with him. This love was impossible at first but later Stephen
accepted it, because he also decided to marry another woman, who was his nurse, and for
that reason Stephen and Jane separated.
While all this is happening, Stephen manages to make his book "a brief history of time" and
contributes great things about the origin of the universe, black holes, and the basic laws that
govern the universe. All these contributions gave him numerous medals, recognitions and
awards as a teacher, and as a member of astronomical, science, physics, arts, and
mathematics societies, among others.
The film received positive reviews, because the production, the cast and the story was
awesome and a perfect drama-romantic film. Therefore, the casting was full of good actors
and actresses, like Eddie Redmayse (as Stephen), Felicity Jones (as Jane), Charlie Cox (as
Jonathan), David Thewlis, Simon McBurney, Emily Watson and more excellent people.
And that is why the film won the Oscars in various categories such as best film, best actor,
best actress, best script and best soundtrack; and other awards such as the Satellite, the film
actors union, the Golden Globe and many other recognitions.
For that reason, I think that my favorite character in the film is Stephen because his illness
made him a strong person and he could improve himself, even though they only gave him 2
years to live, and for that reason I think that is a perfect example about personal growth.
That is why this excellent film is aimed at all people because it teaches you to reflect and
think that with or without physical limitations, you can have ideas that change the world
and to be kind with other people who are going through this and if you can, help them with
a advise or physical help because we don’t know if he or she needs us.
Fortunately, despite the fact that Stephen had this disease, technology allowed him to share
his thoughts and ideas and thus he was able to express them to the world and that is an
important point because maybe, if he had been born in a previous era, without this
technology it would have been impossible for him to express himself.
Furthermore, this film shows us the way in which a human being manages to overcome his
physical limitations and the importance of being accompanied because without his wife,
Stephen would not have been able to move on.