Essays on Gattaca

The concepts presented in the film, Gattaca are not entirely fictional. Advances in science and technology have presented some exceptional cures and treatments for the human species. There are numerous discoveries and inventions that have made the quality of one’s life better than what was once possible. However, along with the numerous phenomenal breakthroughs in medicine, there are also some developments that come into question as unethical. The premise of the movie was structured around genetic engineering of embryos’ to be designed into the perfect human based on the requests of the parents-to-be. The main character Vincent was ...

In simple terms, Gattaca, a 1997 movie, can be described as a sci-fi adventure that is combined with a crime narrative. The viewer is treated to a relentless action throughout the movie as the police engage in a search for a murder. As the story unfolds, the viewer’s attention is turned to a young lad known as Vincent, also named ‘Jerome’ by his workmates. Vincent is trying to overcome his biological challenges that he was born with in his quest to become an elite astronaut in a space program run by Gattaca Corporation. As the two stories unfold ...

The movie Gattaca is set up in the fictional not-too-distant future. The not-too-distant future is a society in which eugenics are the dictating ideology and genetic discrimination is real. The use of biometric based on the genetic database registry has helped create two categories of people; the ‘valids’ and the ‘invalids’. The ‘valids’ are those individual who are created based on the choices of the biometrics and are seen as actually being superior that the invalids who have been conceived by tradition la means and are regarded as having a higher likelihood of developing genetic disorders. Genetype profiling is ...

The conception of clones is no longer a science fiction subject, as research advanced and cloned animals and more recently, even humans attempts were publicized, making our current society close of the “not-too-distant-future” presented in “Gattaca”. “Gattaca” presents Vincent’s drama, who, born from natural birth, aspires to become an astronaut at Gattaca Aerospace Corporation, an organization that only employs genetically engineered individuals. Vincent’s problem consists in the fact that throughout his life he was in the shadow of his younger brother, Anton, the product of a genetic engineering conception, who was stronger, faster and better than him ...

Lab 1: Ethical Issue in the Movie Gattaca. The epicentre of ethical issues in the movie Gattaca is the manner in which an individual ought to be judged. Should it be by the genetic composition one is born with or by the character traits, personality attributes and ambitions chosen by an individual? Vincent is born with genetic weaknesses that could result in ailments in the future. His genetic composition denies him access to his dream job despite the fact that he achieves the required grades in school and is a strong and athletic young man. As a result, Vincent designs a plan to ...

The film “Gattaca” for more than fifteen years of its existence (created in 1997) has already acquired the status of an “iconic piece of art”. The director's chair and at the same time the place of a screenwriter was taken by the legendary Andrew Niccol. Fascinating story glorifying human willpower and spirit embodied by young talents such as Ethan Hawke (Vincent), Uma Turma (Irene) and Jude Law (Jerome). Let the movie be considered by many as a fairy tale, but “Gattaca”, in my book, is one of the most inspiring pictures showing the way of a person hitching his wagon to ...

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Literary Analysis - Brave New World and Gattaca The very idea of a society in which blind happiness clouds the minds of its people seems much less comfortable than what the true definition of a Utopia suggests. Utopia is the state of achieving the perfect world. Unfortunately, after a number of literary or artistic attempts to define this world of ultimate bliss, 'perfection' seems to be nothing more than an illusion. It always turns out that harsh sacrifices must be made to achieve this universal happiness. Nevertheless, our world society seems to be adamantly geared towards achieving some form of this ...

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Academic English Genetically Modified Humans Should we alter specific genes in human beings—and create “designer babies”—like in the famous 1997 science-fiction film, Gattaca? It is a contentious issue, since there are pros and cons to both sides of the debate. On one hand, artificially modifying the genetic code could cure many illnesses directly tied to DNA, such as Sickle Cell Anemia, Down syndrome, Tay-Sachs disease, and Turner syndrome (“Specific Genetic Disorders”). On the other hand, creating a “super”-race of humans with perfectly symmetrical appearances and virtually no illnesses could fragment mankind into a much starker divide of ...

In the 1997 hard-sci-fi picture Gattaca, directed by Andrew Niccol, a biopunk utopian society has been created in the future where people have the ability to be genetically engineered from birth – as one fertility expert explains to the parents of the main character, “It’s still you, justthe best of you.” Vincent (Ethan Hawke) is an “invalid,” someone who was not genetically perfected in vitro, and so is discriminated against by employers who would prefer to hedge their bets on more ideal candidates. Despite this, or perhaps because of this discrimination, Vincent wants to leave Earth and go to Titan, ...

Few issues today raise as much heated emotion as the subject of eugenics and bioengineering. Hardly a day goes by when we do not see Congressional hearings on the ethics of stem cell research or debate in the media over some proposal to expand to boundaries of our artificial reproductive technologies. Hollywood and popular culture constantly bombard us with scenarios related to genetic engineering. Aldous Huxley’s controversial book Brave New World introduced the possibility of selective breeding of human beings as far back as 1932 (Huxley, 1932). More recently in 1970, the book Future Shock by Alvin Toffler portrayed ...

Abstract

This paper gives a brief account of the contents of the movie Gattaca. The paper represents a critical analysis of eugenics and genetic engineering as related to the movie. However, the main issue comprehensively discussed is the dangers of such technologies if they were not restricted

Introduction

Gattaca is a world that represent a time when eugenics and genetic engineering has turn out to be the standard advancement to reproduction. The society entails a tradition of self-advancement via the means of genetic determinations, a caste scheme of valid and in-valids in addition to societal prejudice rooted in genetics. This sterilized and cold civilization of superior associations ...