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What are the pressures that Vincent has to overcome in this dystopian world?
In the ‘not-to distant future’, the world of Gattaca becomes entranced with ‘genetic perfection’ and the desire for purity. Niccol presents us the main character Vincent and his prevalence of the continuing ostracism from the dystopian community. Vincent allows his ambition for the stars to overcome the desire of genetic flawlessness. He exceeds what his family thought he would become. Despite the image of the hierarchal dystopian community it isn’t only technology, which is creating the divide between valid and invalids but the people that occupy it. Their obsessive desire for cleanliness and purity completely ostracizes any person that doesn’t fit into those criteria, creating drones of one another – perfect copies. The lack of originality or any sort of normalcy is eradicated from the world leaving invalids, like Vincent, left with impeccable amounts of pressure and prejudice.
In the futuristic society of Gattaca we are shown a dystopian community ruled the peoples wish to eradicate all ‘inferior’ genetics. Vincent’s constant wish for the escape of this monotonous and conforming world prevails his wish to be accepted into community, which has ‘you look looking for any flaw’. Vincent begins working in the Gattaca complex as a cleaner, the divide between valid’s and ‘invalids’ instantly becomes clear by the comparison of appearance. The genetically perfect people have impeccable black suits and incredibly clean. Where as the invalid’s have disheveled hair and uniform, dirty facial features and an obvious lack for any personally imagery. Niccol shows the gap and ostracism between the two types of genetics so that we can see how vast the divide truly is and the harsh pressure placed on the invalids by the genetically perfect community. Though in the Gattaca Complex Vincent suddenly has a harsh reality check on life feeling that he was ‘never more certain of how far away I was from
In the ‘not-to distant future’, the world of Gattaca becomes entranced with ‘genetic perfection’ and the desire for purity. Niccol presents us the main character Vincent and his prevalence of the continuing ostracism from the dystopian community. Vincent allows his ambition for the stars to overcome the desire of genetic flawlessness. He exceeds what his family thought he would become. Despite the image of the hierarchal dystopian community it isn’t only technology, which is creating the divide between valid and invalids but the people that occupy it. Their obsessive desire for cleanliness and purity completely ostracizes any person that doesn’t fit into those criteria, creating drones of one another – perfect copies. The lack of originality or any sort of normalcy is eradicated from the world leaving invalids, like Vincent, left with impeccable amounts of pressure and prejudice.
In the futuristic society of Gattaca we are shown a dystopian community ruled the peoples wish to eradicate all ‘inferior’ genetics. Vincent’s constant wish for the escape of this monotonous and conforming world prevails his wish to be accepted into community, which has ‘you look looking for any flaw’. Vincent begins working in the Gattaca complex as a cleaner, the divide between valid’s and ‘invalids’ instantly becomes clear by the comparison of appearance. The genetically perfect people have impeccable black suits and incredibly clean. Where as the invalid’s have disheveled hair and uniform, dirty facial features and an obvious lack for any personally imagery. Niccol shows the gap and ostracism between the two types of genetics so that we can see how vast the divide truly is and the harsh pressure placed on the invalids by the genetically perfect community. Though in the Gattaca Complex Vincent suddenly has a harsh reality check on life feeling that he was ‘never more certain of how far away I was from