Vincent Anton Freeman was brought into this world as an utero or a faith birth. When Vincent was born, he was already considered as a lower class citizen in the community because of the way he had been conceived.
At around the age of three, Vincent's parents decided on having a second child except this time they decided on having a baby what was now considered to be the natural way. "10 fingers 10 toes, that's all that used to matter not now.".
From the time that Vincent's younger brother, Anton, was born and Vincent new that he was different. Vincent's parent's always treated Vincent as a hindrance and seemed to continuously praise Anton and remind Vincent that he wasn't as good as his brother. When Vincent was in his late teens he left home and got a job as a cleaner at Gattaca, however, he could never walk through the other side of the door purely because of his genetics. Society believed that he was not good enough to be one of Gattaca's elite pilot's, even his co-worker's repeatedly reminded him of what he was, an "invalid". "The best test score in the world needs a blood test to match it".
This is when Vincent decided to buy a new identity, a borrowed ladder, one that would make him "valid". This is when Vincent met Jerome Morrow, a valid who suffer after an accident and as a result became paraplegic. "For the genetic elite, success is attainable, but not guaranteed, after all there is no gene for fate." This new identity let him walk through the doors that he had previously only dreamt about. He received a place as one of Gattaca's elite's and after much hard training was offered the chance to navigate a mission to outer space, just as he had always imagined. Upon offer of this he finally felt worthy of his family.
I believe that the things that influenced Vincent to achieve this goal was the feeling that he had to prove himself to the world. To prove that even though he was an invalid he was just as good as a valid.
You have to be a perfect baby to be recognized in Gattaca. ... Genetic discrimination is the main focal point in Gattaca. ... In Gattaca you are a slave; your DNA maps your entire life. Genes have control of Gattaca society, they run everything. The scientists in Gattaca have more power than the police. ...
The film Gattaca, by Andrew Niccol presents a story centered on the future prospects of genetic engineering and its controversial affects on human society. The film depicts a future, in which wealthy families can create perfected children, a factor that has divided Gattaca's society into different classes based on genetic traits. ... However, as the viewer interprets the larger image, he or she concludes that Gattaca's cold and emotionless futuristic world is characterized by isolation. ... The theories presented by the field of sociology, specifically the functionalist and confl...
The movie projects a society that is based on achievement and success (Gattaca, Niccol). ... This position, similar to the astronauts of Gattaca, can only be held by a member of society that is genetically engineered or Valid (Gattaca, Niccol) . ... Genetic engineering produced a homogenous society of Valids in Gattaca. ... Compassion, for one, is not a prevalent concept to those residing in Gattaca. ... In Gattaca, it was possible to assure that a child would be genetically flawless. ...
Gattaca Genetic engineering is the process of altering genes so that traits will have certain desired outcomes. In the movie Gattaca, humans are genetically altered so that disease is not present in the human. ... I feel that the movie Gattaca serves as a brief look into the future that shows the negatives of genetic engineering if man gets too carried away and decides to make perfect people. ...
gattaca "What is genetic engineering, after all, but pre-emptive plastic surgery? ... "-Dave RettigAt a time when we read about cloned sheep and the unravelling of the human genome, the science in Gattaca is theoretically possible. In the futuristic world of Gattaca, society has developed the technology to manipulate human procreation and design children with impeccable genetic compositions. ... For instance, before assuming an alternate identity, Vincent is only allowed to work at the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation as a janitor. ... The valids undeniably control society in Gattaca. ...
Gattaca: Feature Article This is a Women's Weekly special on the epic life story of the controversial Vincent Freeman. ... Vincent was fitting in perfectly in Gattaca, so perfectly that's where he meets the love of his life Irene. ... It turns out that the eyebrow was an invalid piece meaning that it didn't fit Vincent's DNA code and that was the only piece in the whole of Gattaca that was invalid so straight away Vincent was the only and main suspect. ... When Vincent arrived in Gattaca there was a new policy in place where everyone who entered Gattaca had to have a...
"-Dave Rettig At a time when we read about cloned sheep and the unravelling of the human genome, the science in Gattaca is theoretically possible. In the futuristic world of Gattaca, society has developed the technology to manipulate human procreation and design children with impeccable genetic compositions. ... For example, when applying for a job at the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation, Vincent, under an alternate identity, is only required to provide a blood test before he is hired and prepped for flight missions into space. ... For instance, before assuming an alternate identity, Vincent i...
The movie Gattaca is all about judging a person from birth based on their genetic code, and not factoring in environmental influences. ... For this reason the film Gattaca directly relates to the biological theories of crime. ... Much like the way a natural born child in Gattaca is predetermined to be inferior. ... Much like the life of a natural born child in Gattaca. ... In Gattaca a person was judged on whether they were elite or not. ...
"Gattaca shows us how easily people can be corrupted." ... It cannot be said that this technology is solely responsible for the degraded state of humanity in Gattaca, since Vincent, a natural born human, has his own shortcomings such as the selfishness revealed in his determination to achieve is goal. ... What Gattaca explores is how people can be corrupted further by power given to them. ... As is predictable with human nature, Gattaca portrays how an exaggerated division between classes of people leads to widespread discrimination, and how mistaken this discrimination is. ... However Dire...
