An Essay On The Movie Gattaca

GATTACA, a movie representing the flaws in the human code and having the option to have the perfect human being, takes place in a dystopian genre where the director Andrew Niccol takes our interpretation of the world and makes it a perfect society in the movie. The main character Vincent Freeman has always fantasized about traveling into outer space, but is grounded by his status as an "in-valid". He is told in the beginning of his life that he will only live upto the age of 30 causing him to be an invalid, which is the government's idea of not a perfect human being. He decides to fight his fate by purchasing the genes of Jerome Morrow, a laboratory-engineered "valid." He assumes Jerome's DNA identity and joins the Gattaca space program.

Niccol directs a caption used in the movie, “There Is No Gene for The Human Spirit” one believes this quote means that no one can tell who a person is by genes, but by who they are. Even though Vincent has his genetic disadvantages it shows that he overcame it by doing the work at GATTACA close to perfect. This is shown in the scene where Vincent is running on the treadmill for testing but as soon as he finishes his exercise he collapses to the ground in the locker room. Even Though he is an “invalid” he is able to overcome his obstacles and be able to achieve his goal of being able to go to
This is idea is known to be logical against the idea that nature is more important than nurture due to the idea that DNA can not choose ones lives for them, but the idea of one choosing or where they are brought up in life. GATTACA shows the idea of human’s lives getting chosen by what their genetics are unlike the idea of themselves choosing what they want to be. Proving the point that nurture is the better option of whether or not that one will be successful or