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    1. What is the significance of the word "GATTACA" (hint: think about why the letters A‚T‚C‚ and G were highlighted in all the names during the opening credits) They are the bases in the human genome. The movie is trying to emphasize the significance these four letters‚ each representing a base pair in the human genome‚ will have in the theme throughout the movie. Gattaca is the name of the space agency in the film. The name is based on the initial letters of the four DNA nitrogenous bases: guanine

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    attention‚ and he realizes that it is frequently becoming more hideous. Dorian hates the man he has become‚ but continues to blame others for his wrong doings. In Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray he suggests that perfection is an unattainable ideal.

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    Perfection has no relevance to America. Modern day America has so many problems that people don’t even know where to start. I will be telling you about the government lies‚ obesity‚ and death by crimes. After reading this paper you should understand that we do not live in the dream land foreigners believe America is. In my opinion the government should be trusted by its people. A third of American believe that September 11th was a conspiracy. Fifty-four percent are angry at the government because

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    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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    sacrifices were made to God for a covering of sin. God accepted these sacrifices for a season‚ but knew that a perfect sacrifice was the only avenue to the eradication of sin. And‚ in His perfect timing‚ God demonstrated for the world the personage of perfection. God‚ the Creator‚ gifted His creation with His Son. “In this the love of God was manifested toward us‚ that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world‚ that we might live through Him. In this is love‚ not that we loved God‚ but that He

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    THE FINAL SCENE _Personal Response_ The final scene of GATTACA had an unexpected twist that triggered mixed emotions of confusion‚ sorrow and happiness. The irony of Vincent finally fulfilling his life’s mission and Jerome no longer having one was heart wrenching‚ after all that they went through together to defy the odds and expectations of perfection set by Society. However‚ it was Jerome’s choice to end his life having finally come to peace with his inner turmoils which was evident when he was

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    containing genetic material that has been artificially altered so as to produce a desired characteristic. Why would one such desire a needed characteristic to modify themselves? Is it to please themselves or to please others? I was shown the movie GATTACA and this movie is about a young man named Vincent who was naturally birthed into the world and was expected to have health problems because during this century about everyone has genetically modified their child before birth. Afterwards they had another

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    Can some man arrive at moral perfection in this life‚ or is it impossible? Benjamin Franklin was an extremely brilliant and talented individual. He constantly sought ways to improve himself. After he read "The Spectator" he put in a very dedicated effort to imitate their style of writing because he loved how precise the authors wrote out their thoughts. Franklin was also a relatively religious man or at least believed enough to try to be a morally righteous man so that he would avoid his way

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    Genetic engineering is shown in the movie GATTACA through genetically modified characters who were not limited by society and those who were genetically inferior and banned from the best of everything. The movie shows how the main character overcomes his “invalid” status and becomes one of the elite. Today‚ we have the ability to edit genes which may one day lead to designer babies. We are not aloud to genetically modified children now‚ but maybe in the future. This essay will talk about about how

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    The Birthmark on Mortal Perfection Hawthorne writes about a subject that is still very prominent now. He examines the obsession with human perfection. The story tells of a very successful scientist and philosopher‚ Aylmer‚ and his very beautiful wife Georgiana. Aylmer is obsessed with perfection‚ as are most scientists. He makes sure he experiments with all possible options to conclude the best results for a perfect solution. Now Aylmer is very much in love with his wife Georgiana‚ and she with

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