Gattaca Comparison
Gattaca
“Gattaca shows that even if your resume is in your genes, what you make of your life is up to you.”
The 1997 film, “Gattaca” by Andrew Niccol, is a film in which the characters live in “the not too distant future,” a time where many of the people in our world have become genetically manipulated; where the elite are the nobles and the invalids are the peasants. The elite are at the top of the employment ladder, and when called up for a job interview, they speak of nothing but what is in their blood, merely giving a sample of urine to complete the interview. But one man, Vincent, couldn’t accept this, so he stood up and took control of what was rightfully his; his life and his will. Vincent showed that even if your resume is in your genes, what you make of your life is up to you because of your determination and your will to dream and fulfill that dream. He showed that when it comes to your life, no one could stand in your way, not your family or your society and you are the only person that can make the decisions, no matter what your limitations are. He showed this through his determination and will to conquer the limitations set by society and make his childhood …show more content…
As he was part of the invalid world, society had no reason to mix him in with the valids and give anyone a chance, let alone Vincent.
“I belonged to a new underclass, no longer discriminated by social status or the color of your skin. No, we now have discrimination down to a science.” Vincent had first said this when he had gotten his first job at Gattaca, not as an astronaut but a cleaner. Even his boss, Caesar, never believed that he could get close to becoming a valid and was always saying things that would remind Vincent that he had no chance. For example when Vincent is cleaning the glass doors in the Gattaca building, Caesar says to him “when you clean the glass, don’t clean it too well….. you might get
“Gattaca shows that even if your resume is in your genes, what you make of your life is up to you.”
The 1997 film, “Gattaca” by Andrew Niccol, is a film in which the characters live in “the not too distant future,” a time where many of the people in our world have become genetically manipulated; where the elite are the nobles and the invalids are the peasants. The elite are at the top of the employment ladder, and when called up for a job interview, they speak of nothing but what is in their blood, merely giving a sample of urine to complete the interview. But one man, Vincent, couldn’t accept this, so he stood up and took control of what was rightfully his; his life and his will. Vincent showed that even if your resume is in your genes, what you make of your life is up to you because of your determination and your will to dream and fulfill that dream. He showed that when it comes to your life, no one could stand in your way, not your family or your society and you are the only person that can make the decisions, no matter what your limitations are. He showed this through his determination and will to conquer the limitations set by society and make his childhood …show more content…
As he was part of the invalid world, society had no reason to mix him in with the valids and give anyone a chance, let alone Vincent.
“I belonged to a new underclass, no longer discriminated by social status or the color of your skin. No, we now have discrimination down to a science.” Vincent had first said this when he had gotten his first job at Gattaca, not as an astronaut but a cleaner. Even his boss, Caesar, never believed that he could get close to becoming a valid and was always saying things that would remind Vincent that he had no chance. For example when Vincent is cleaning the glass doors in the Gattaca building, Caesar says to him “when you clean the glass, don’t clean it too well….. you might get