Recognition is a more surface-level discovery. It is mental, scientific, and observational. Recognizing is the process of seeing someone or something again, and banking it into knowledge. Recognition is a near-immediate statement or added certainty or a new discovery. In my opinion, recognition is less profound than realization. Realization is more of a process. It might combine several recognitions to form a greater realization. Realization has roots in the word real, and it denotes an effort to taking ideas or thoughts and implementing them into one’s reality. Realizations are the epiphanies, the climaxes, and conclusions in life or in stories.
Recognition and realization are shown at different points throughout the novel 1984. Initially, there are a serious of recognitions by the protagonist, in which he becomes aware of the tight grip Big Brother has on his daily life. When the greatest moment of the book is reached is during his more significant realization at the end, when he has no feeling but love for Big Brother, and he has lost control. This is a realization, and is only built by the series of earlier recognitions. In the movie, A Beautiful Mind, the schizophrenic Dr. Nash becomes painfully aware of the difference between recognition and realization. Leading a fake life in his mind, he recognizes certain things that point towards his false reality, but it is only when he pieces together the components of his recognitions that he reaches the ultimate realization of his situation, and begins to understand his life.
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