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    Gattaca Courage and Heroism: In Gattaca‚ courage and heroism is centralized around the rivalry of brothers Vincent and Anton Freeman. As Vincent’s name implies‚ he is a ‘free-man’‚ free to do and go whatever and wherever he wants or feels he need to‚ as long as he is willing to put in the hard yards. Freeman does not apply to Anton‚ because his destiny was almost predestined. Vincent’s courage and heroism largely comes to surface when he finally beats his Valid brother in a game they call ‘Chicken’

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    The film Gattaca fails to provide us with a character that can be clearly defined as a hero. By definition a hero is a person of distinguished courage or ability and is admired for their noble qualities and exhibits certain traits that are deemed to be heroic. In Andrew Niccol’s film the character Vincent freeman at times display heroic qualities but they do not consistently show them to prove to us that he is a heroes. Vincent takes on a whole new identity changing from an in-valid to a valid

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    Andrew Niccol’s Gattaca portrays a discriminatory society in which status and quality of life is determined solely by a DNA profile. However‚ it is against this oppressive regime that Vincent Freeman shines‚ as Niccol conveys the importance of maintaining individuality – in those qualities which deem his protagonist unique. Throughout the film Niccol criticises those who conform and contribute to this‚ while simultaneously he praises those valids who do rebel in order to emphasise how pivotal it

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    Gattaca is a story about the not-so-distant future‚ a time when genetic engineering is so common place that it is common practice. The world‚ of course‚ has the draw back that anyone who was not genetically engineered is part of new class of society‚ called an invalid. Vincent Freeman was born this way. He chooses‚ however‚ not to remain and invalid‚ but become what is known as a de-generate‚ someone who uses other people’s blood‚ urine‚ hair‚ etc. to fake a genetic code superior to their own. He

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    In "the not-too-distant future"‚ liberal eugenics is common and DNA plays the primary role in determining social class. Vincent Freeman is conceived and born without the aid of this technology. He has a high probability of developing mental disorders‚ is myopic‚ has a heart defect‚ and his projected life expectancy is only 30.2 years. His parents initially placed their faith in natural conception and now regret it; Vincent’s younger brother‚ Anton‚ is conceived with the aid of genetic selection.

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    How does Gattaca show that strength of character is more important for determining one’s destiny than biological makeup or genetic potential? Gattaca by Andrew Niccol explores creatively the possibility of a world dominated by genetic engineering. Gattaca is a world that wishes to eliminate genetic imperfections within its elite‚ upper class. Within this world‚ an invalid‚ Vincent Freeman challenges the assumptions of the society and through his actions and attributes‚ proves that you need

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    GATTACA Essay In the world of GATTACA‚ a person’s future is determined by their DNA. I wouldn’t want to live in this world‚ because your future and personal like/personality‚ you‚ are already chosen‚ so you have no choice of want you want your future to be like. In the movie GATTACAVincent has a dream to go to space but he can’t because of his DNA sequence. So he decides to become someone else in order to get a good job and fulfill his dream. Jerome has perfect DNA but he is disabled‚ so he agrees

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    Will Freeman and Bridget Jones Will Freeman is a 36-year-old man. He is shallow‚ wealthy and irresponsible playboy‚ who has no surviving family and lives alone in a roomy‚ elegant London apartment. He’s never had a job in his life. He’s had lots of girlfriends‚ but he always dumps them within a few weeks. One day he realizes that his friends are all involved with the responsibilities of married life and that leaves him alone in the cold. Will is a bored swinger who dumps woman after woman

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    Gattaca - Perfection “The Film Gattaca Presents a World Destroyed by the pursuit of our perfection. Discuss.” Andrew Niccol’s film Gattaca does present a world where the world has been destroyed by human’s pursuit of perfection. It is the characters in the movie which show this‚ Vincent‚ Jerome & Irene. These three characters illustrate a world to the viewer‚ a world were perfection means everything. It is this I intend to illustrate for you on how Andrew Niccol’s film shows us a world that has been

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    The story of Vincent shows in Gattaca that there is possibility of beating the genetic engineering system. Vincent is one of the last naturally born babies born into a sterile‚ genetically enhanced world‚ where life expectancy and disease likelihood are ascertained at birth. Myopic and due to die at 30‚ he has no chance of a career in a society that now discriminates against your genes‚ instead of your gender‚ race or religion. Vincent an invalid‚ dreams of working within Gattaca and making it

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