Gattaca The Movie Essay

In Leon Kass’s “The Wisdom of Repugnance” critical article he addresses the dangers of cloning and why we should not pursue the idea of it. Kass starts out by stating that Joshua Lederberg, one of the major contributors to the idea of cloning, has an amoral view to “this morally weighty subject”( Kass 17). We have been softened up on the idea of cloning because of how cloning has made its way into our daily lives; although it may be subtle, it can easily slip into our minds and soften us up to see cloning is moral when it is amoral. We have taken cloning so far that it is even integrated into our families by our embryos; people will be able to change the identity of their children, leading us to re-create ourselves. Which is immoral

In the movie Wit, English literary scholar Vivian Bearing has spent years translating and interpreting the poetry of John Donne. Unfortunately, she is a person who has cultivated her intellect at the expense of her heart. Both colleagues and students view Bearing as a chilly and unfriendly person lost in her private world of words and mysterious thoughts.

The film GATTACA and the short story, “Nine Lives,” exemplifies the ethics of altering human life at the genetic level, through techniques of genetic engineering. Throughout GATTACA, the ability to create improved, even superior forms of human life as a positive development through eugenics is shown as well as arousing questions about the moral implications of such engineering. The main protagonist in GATTACA, Vincent Freeman, battles with the discrimination of being an “invalid” in a world of “valids” and comes to realize that he is not an inferior being in the midst of an altered humanity. In “Nine Lives,” a lone survivor of the ten genetically engineered clones of John Chow struggle come to understand itself in relation to unaltered humanity and its individuality for the first time in its life. A dystopian society is produced when unaltered humans and genetically engineered beings coexist and interact with one another due to nefarious social practices such filtering menial jobs only to “invalids” in GATTACA and the emphasis in the value of clones and their worth to society as collective work group rather than focusing on each individual’s contribution to society. The film GATTACA exhibits the adverse nature of eugenics while “Nine Lives” stresses the importance of individualism instead of collectivism and fend off the need to be reliant on others to feel welcomed in society.

Gattaca is an imaginary movie that was released in 1997 about the not-so-distant future involving a dystopic world with genetically engineered humans and technologically reinforced discrimination. It is about a world that no longer discriminates against one’s gender, class or religion but on one’s genes instead. The movie acts as a cautionary tale about the extremes in technology and genetic engineering through its powerful visuals. A world attempting to create utopia by genetically enhancing reproduction does not leave much to an otherwise natural process, and this can ultimately lead to more destruction than perfection.

In the world of Gattaca, the genetic makeup is very crucial for a person to be accepted in society. It is set in the 21st century, where technology has improved to the point where parents could alter and choose the DNA’s for their children. Through the usage of different characters, symbols and settings, Niccol portrays the importance of genetic makeup in the world of Gattaca. Many characters in Gattaca are used to portray the importance of genetic makeup.

The movie GATTACA is about the life that can we could experience in the future. Based completely in the genetics for the creation of a better specie of human race. The genetic plays a big role in the world’s population every day life. Since this is a fictional movie we can find correct and incorrect scientific aspect on it.

Gattaca is a provocative science-fiction interpretation of the future of genomics. Andrew Niccol's presents us with insight to a pessimistic view of genetic enhancement set in the "not to distant future." The film takes us through the journey of Vincent Freeman, and Jerome Morrow who with the value of each other's body and soul commit and reaches astonishing feats of humanity. The triumphs of Vincent and Jerome can be seen as heroic, but what is it that makes them ‘truly heroic?' The relationship between Vincent (mind) and Jerome (valid

In the movie Gattaca, the government, corporations, and society itself can easily see the genetic makeup of citizens and can view them to see if they are “valid” or “invalid”. This happens on many occasions, such as inspectors checking for validation at every corner, and females taking a swab from their lip to view their date’s genetic makeup. In Gattaca’s society, genes are the factor that can either open the door to succeeding or prevent people from succeeding. Soon in our world, we too will have the technology and the capability to easily view the genetic makeup of individuals. Life insurance companies, employers, and even the government will be able to view this data.

The tagline for the film 'Gattaca', directed by Andrew Niccol is 'There is no gene for the human spirit' which is relevant to the character Jerome 'Eugene' Morrow. Eugene is derived from the Greek word meaning 'well born' which alludes to his privileged upbringing and valid status in society. Murrow is a variant of the Celtic word 'Murrow' meaning 'sea warrior' which refers to his natural talent for swimming that won him a silver medal at a world event. Eugene was genetically engineered with all the potential to succeed, but lost the desire to do so as a result of the swimming defeat. Andrew Niccol demonstrated the theme 'what you do with your life is not determined by what you start out with' through a range of techniques including dialogue

The film Gattaca illustrates a society in which genetic engineering has become the norm, emphasizing that genetics cannot be the only factor that goes into evaluating an entire human being. While ensuring the best quality of life for future children is an ethical and beneficial use of reproductive technology, using genetic engineering to handpick cosmetic traits like hair color, eye color, or even intelligence is not and will only lead to a biased society whose values are based on genetic perfection. Imagine a world where the genetic makeup of each individual had been predetermined before even entering the womb; everyday, children would be born with the athleticism of Lebron James and the intelligence of Albert Einstein. Of course, those who could afford such technology would continue to thrive academically, socially, and financially, leaving those who could not to fall further and further behind, widening the economic gap. “As a result, economic divisions may grow into genetic divisions, with social distinctions

Looking further at the conventions of Classical and Art cinema in the movie The Graduate, it becomes quite evident that there are elements of both Classical Hollywood cinema and Art cinema in the film. The movie begins with college graduate Benjamin Braddock, coming back home after finishing his studies at university. At his graduation party, Benjamin is bombarded by family and friends with questions concerning his future. Eventually, he retreats to his room for a moment’s silence. Mrs. Robinson then makes an introduction, and asks Benjamin to drive her home.

The film GATTACA describes a world where the wrong genetic code leads to a life of little opportunities and genetic discrimination. In this world, parents can freely select and enhance a child’s genetic code, to make them smarter, faster, stronger. They can essentially “program” their child for a life of success, making them physically enhanced beings known as “valids”. However, genetic engineering in real life is not only risky but also limits genetic diversity, and there’s also the consequences of an elongated

Faust and Adam and Eve. Dr. Frankenstein tried to create a human, with terrible consequences (Guinan 306), Dr. Faust traded his soul with the devil for forbidden knowledge, and Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating from the tree of knowledge; Good and evil, and were banished from the Garden of Eden. The stories about the two doctors may not be true but it is used to illustrate that some knowledge are not to be tampered with because we may not be well prepared for it. The story of Adam and Eve is true. They tampered with what was forbidden and disrupted the order of nature. It is the same with cloning, if we tampered with cloning, something terrible could go wrong because the technology is unstable. We should at least obey and respect nature, which is part of tradition by banning cloning. From the start children are always produced sexually not through a combination of toxic substances and if we start using toxic substances to reproduce it will disrespectful to nature and tradition.

The movie Gattaca is based in the distant future. The people are defined by their genetic information. In this movie, “natural” born children are classed as invalids, whereas people that are genetically created and modified are valid. The invalids are basically just as their name, invalid and must get a regular job, nothing spectacular. One of the main characters, Vincent Freeman, is the last child to be “naturally born”. After his birth, the doctors tell his parents that he has a life span of 30.2 years and there are so many genetic related things that are wrong with him. For all his childhood life, he is treated as if he is ill and sick all the time. Any little thing such as falling, or scraping his knee, is treated as if he is about to die. The couple then has another son, Anton. He is conceived by the new normal, genetic selection. He is now considered superior to Vincent. The father’s name is Anton and the second son takes his name because he is not genetically shortcoming. As a young boy Vincent has dreams of having a career working in space, but because of his invalid status, it will not be possible for him to get into the program. The brothers would often play a game called “chicken”. In this game, they would both swim out into the sea. Whoever turns around and starts to swim back first loses. One day while playing this game, Vincent actually wins. The one that is inferior actually wins. Anton begins to drown and Vincent must save him. After he wins the game, he

a powerful weapon, and that was the weapon of being inferior to a race that had