Gattaca Not-Too-Distant-Future "Consider God’s handiwork; who can straighten what He hath made crooked?" Ecclesiastes 7:13 "I not only think that we will tamper with Mother Nature‚ I think Mother wants us to." Willard Gaylen Gattaca deals with the morality involved in technologically engineering human life. As a species‚ is humanity wise enough (Homo sapiens) to play the role of God? The film begins with two quotes: one from Ecclesiastes and one from Willard Gaylen. Ecclesiastes
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People define who they are by having the ability to be who they want to be. Jerome‚ from Andrew Niccol’s Film‚ Gattaca‚ was never given the legal opportunity to be who he wanted to be. From birth he was told he had no potential‚ no chance at a stunning life. When his perfect younger brother‚ Vincent‚ was born it made it all the more harder for Jerome to cope with his faults. Jerome was tired of always being told he would never achieve his dream of going into space‚ so he took matters into his own
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Sometimes‚ I wonder if there is still understanding between people‚ ethics‚ sympathy and sorrow towards others. I feel like our society is having a new disease called “socially endurance deficiency”. There is no surprise why the world becomes completely dystopia (a bad society). To give the best example of the dystopian society‚ I would choose “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins. It is about the annual Hunger Games event which takes place in the advanced technological city called Capitol‚where everything
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and emphasise the importance of the individual through its loss in the dystopic societies. The qualities of Dystopia apparent in 1984 and V for Vendetta through the absence of Independence and Freedom provide groundwork for the texts classification of a cautionary tale. 1984 gives way to the oppressed protagonist of Winston Smith who through his experiences provide insight to the dystopia present in the novel. By Winston expressing paranoia of the Thought Police even at the confines of his own home
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Film: Gattaca (Clip) General Observations: The birth scene has a gloomy tone and color scheme‚ suggesting that this method of living is something humans should avoid. Since this film is a futuristic film about the use of the findings from the Human Genome Project‚ this film is warning us about the possible misuse of the new genetic information. Geneticists are an important job in the film because after one second‚ the blood is being tested and geneticists can determine your life and future. This
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Several conflicting frames of mind have played defining roles in shaping humanity throughout the twentieth century. Philosophical optimism of a bright future held by humanity in general was taken advantage of by the promise of a better life through sacrifice of individuality to the state. In the books Brave New World‚ 1984‚ and Fahrenheit 451 clear opposition to these subtle entrapments was voiced in similarly convincing ways. They first all established‚ to varying degrees of balance‚ the atmosphere
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place or state of objects in which everything is perfect. The community of the "Utopia" can be camouflage from the negative aspects of life‚ and hidden from fear. Then there is another world but this is more dreadful type of society‚ and that is dystopia. Dystopia is more defined as a society that is rather undesirable or frightening‚ not a good place. In Dystopic societies people are scared‚ deprive‚ horrified‚ and sometimes poor. In the book Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut which describes these two different
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place‚ even though it can not reach actual utopia. A society similar to a utopia is possible through America’s motivation‚ and due to this‚ we have fruitful land‚ both agriculturally and socially. Ignorance‚ the opposite of motivation‚ leads to a dystopia‚ a place or environment in which people are miserable‚ unhappy or uncomfortable in‚ instead of a utopian-like society. This shows us that ignorance will not make society happy‚ thus deviating from the track to societal transcendence; the metamorphosis
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branches are broken . . . Information sources have become increasingly centralized and nationalized . . . Political correctness has expanded into a genuine threat to free speech.” So‚ does that mean we are becoming a dystopia‚ like the ones we read about? According to Wikipedia‚ a dystopia is described as a frightening and advanced society‚ that usually takes place in the future. In Feed‚ M.T. Anderson explores the disastrous and technology obsessed future that awaits us‚ where most people have a feed
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How can we‚ as citizens‚ be sure that what our governments tell us is fact? How are we to know that the events of the past happened exactly as they did? This extract evolved from a fantasy dystopia when it was published‚ to an introspective look on modern society. The first time I read these pages was the first time I truly began to question the truths I have been told. George Orwell’s writing truly stands the test of time‚ long enough to almost
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