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[BLOG 01] 'THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING': WHILE THERE IS LIFE, THERE IS HOPE.

Writer: /liltee/ THU NGUYEN
/liltee/ THU NGUYEN
Aug 6, 2020
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Updated: Sep 25, 2020










the THEORY of EVERYTHING

'The Theory of everything':

while there is life, there is hope.


‘The Theory of Everything’, a movie that affects me the most, in many aspects. I watched this movie completely out of the blue, and to be honest, I didn’t expect it to be the most influential movie in my life. But yes, it is! I watched it when I was 17 years old, the age that everyone is eager to explore and experience everything, and I’m no exception.

‘The Theory of Everything’ is a biopic about one of the most brilliant minds in the history of the planet, the astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, and about the extraordinary love story of Stephen Hawking and his first wife, Jane. That was the very first time that I approached "What is love?". However, I didn't intend to figure it out within a short time as it's an incredible thing that everyone must experience by themselves to get their own answers. The film leads me through different stages of emotions: cheerfulness, happiness, anxiety, thought-provoking-ness, hopefulness, and tranquility. There is a variety of lessons and experiences that I've learned from the movie, every single moment of the film is precious.


Love can start from differences.
“Hello.”
“Hello.”
“Science?”
“Arts.”

The first conversation of a physics graduate student passionate about cosmology and an art professional devoted to the Church of England was awkward but lovely. They were attracted to each other by the difference and sense of mystery. An interesting love at first sight.


He’s fumbling and she’s pretty.

He’s a cosmology student, she’s studying medieval Spanish poetry.

He’s an atheist, she’s a devout supporter of the Church of England.

But it seems that they could bring out the best in one another.

Even though they and their perceptions are different, they still fall in love and love with all their hearts. Their love just naturally sprang up from the simplest and smallest things.


Their connection is more than love, it's incredibly strong and extraordinary.

Everything seems good with the couple until Hawking experiences increasingly clumsy moments. Then, he was diagnosed with motor neuron disorder (also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease) when he was 21. The doctor gives Hawking a life expectancy of just two years, he was desperate completely.

On the other hand, Jane was determined to fight the illness with him and ready for whatever comes their way. Given two years to live, he completed the doctorate, got married to Jane Wilde, and had three children.


Life is not an ideal model, Hawking's physical condition got more and more deteriorated from spilling things, falling over frequently, in need of a wheelchair to using a synthesizer to communicate. However, his passion for the universe is endless, alongside with the tireless and patient love of Jane, motivated him to make the time he had count. He contributed a lot to the development of physics and cosmology and gained a variety of academic achievements. Throughout the entire 30 years of marriage, Jane took care of Hawking and their three children with all the keenness and love. She is a graceful and strong woman. She went to every single speech of Hawking, sacrificed all herself to help him get everything he wants without expecting to receive anything back.



Everything Jane did was all for Hawking and the family she adores, there's no second she thinks for herself. To me, her love is more than ordinary love, it's incredible. The connection between them is inexplicable since no words can illustrate to the fullest.



Not going the same way together anymore is not really a sad ending.

As time passed, more and more contradictions between them emerged. The difference between Hawking and Jane drew them at first but dragged them apart at the end. Throughout his life, he has been consistently looking for the theory to explain everything and trying to access this explanation. It's like the metaphor of peas and potatoes in the movie, Hawking and Jane are trying to settle their two different sets of world perceptions and values. This compromise sometimes is easy to reconcile, yet sometimes it's very difficult just like quantum field theory and gravitation theory. Their 30-year marriage with all of those unimaginable strains made their passion disappeared gradually. Eventually, both separated from each other and they begin a new love-line with another person. Jane happily committed to a choir director, Jonathan while Hawking grows close to his nurse, Elaine. Although both of them are not being together anymore, they appreciate all the time they've been together and all the things they've tried; they respect each other and they're happy with their decisions.

Let's have a look at the scene that they decided not to move on together. From this, I realized that love is not eternal in all stories, which means that not being together anymore is not a bad thing. Instead, we love, we try, we're sincere, and we respect each other are the utmost precious values in each love relationship.


As we can see from the ending scene of 'The Theory of Everything', everything is about respect and love.


"However bad life may seem, there is something you can do and succeed at.

While there is life, there is hope."

- Stephen Hawking.

It's a film to leave you reeling but cheered, too. It's about battling love, as well as illness. A universal story, extracted from a unique one. (Shoard, 2014)

thu,

saigon,

06 august, 2020.

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