Gattaca Persuasive Speech

When a person is born, that person should be considered as equal to the child next to it, as both children are equal to the other newly born children in the nursery. In this new world of Gattaca, that is no longer the case. The old world was that way, where every man, woman, and child was born with the same human rights no matter their age, gender, race, or sexuality. Our world is no longer like that since the uprising of the “valids” or, designer children as they are called, gaining more rights than the “God Children”, or invalids as we are called. Over the years of being treated unjustly simply because of the status of my birth, I have gathered five basic rights that have been withheld from myself for others to use to build their own thoughts …show more content…
Insurance companies won’t insure an invalid because they say we have pre-existing health issues that they can’t and won’t cover. Even though everyone, designer children included, are given the same type of blood test the designer children are not seen as having any pre-existing issues only because they were designed by their parents. Every one of us should be allowed to have health insurance, no matter if you are an invalid or a valid, because the test given at birth isn’t always 100% accurate. Considering that these test results aren’t always accurate, anyone no matter how they were born could have an accident, or come down with an untested …show more content…
Growing up as an invalid, I was constantly told that it doesn’t matter how good your grades are in school, or how hard I studied, my best option is pretty much a minimalist one. It was preached to me many times that if I was to be able and lucky enough to be a janitor then I should consider myself lucky, and I should be proud to have such an amazing opportunity for a career. Careers should not be determined at birth by one’s parents. Any person, no matter their birth type should be allowed to have the same career goals and opportunities to pursue their