The individual, a strong independent person who can rise to success by their own accord. Conformity, to be able to work with a group harmoniously, to fit in with everyone else. With these two contrasting ideas begs the debate of when to be an individual and when to conform to the group. In book Brave New World the entire dystopia is built around the stability of conformity and rejection of the individual. While in the film Gattaca their society is not focused on conformity as much so the success of the individual. In the novel Brave New World the children go through constant conditioning and hypnopedia to instill conformity and values while in Gattaca they push the succession through genes which gives them more free range. In Brave New
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Differing from Gattaca where even with two different groups, the uppers have more free range in what they choose to be. Brave New World boasts 5 different caste levels as described,“ ”Solved by standard Gammas, unvarying Deltas, uniform Epsilons.’ ” ( Huxley 7). Not to forget the Alpha Pluses and Alphas, their distinctions gives them a place in the society. This man made hierarchy accentuates the fact that not all are equal. And that the need for each to stay in their own caste is important. Due to the face that utter instability will occur if they do not work for what they were created for. Differing from the world of Gattaca, where two groups reside. As Vincent explains, there are the Utero Valid and Utero Invalid. In this society the Valid are the higher ups, the genetically superiors. Those who have so much ample opportunity to be who they want. While Invalids have physical ailments preventing them to be more than janitors or receptionist. But being a Valid, people want you to be successful and give you opportunities to succeed in life. Your horizons are limitless from cop to astronaut. Hierarchy are a man tool in each society where as Brave New World limits, by creation. While Gattaca gives opportunity to have options and live a successful …show more content…
Through Brave New World enforcing conformity with conditioning, drugs and caste systems. While Gattaca offers open will with the Valids having the world at their fingertips, a more loose structured social hierarchy and genetics providing more opportunities for succession of the individual to be completed. Stability is the main focal point in Brave New World, their whole society is built on this need. In which the need for conformity and the better of the group comes to play. While in Gattaca, the pride of individual succession overwrites the need for conformity and pushes for success over the betterment of the group as a
Differing from Gattaca where even with two different groups, the uppers have more free range in what they choose to be. Brave New World boasts 5 different caste levels as described,“ ”Solved by standard Gammas, unvarying Deltas, uniform Epsilons.’ ” ( Huxley 7). Not to forget the Alpha Pluses and Alphas, their distinctions gives them a place in the society. This man made hierarchy accentuates the fact that not all are equal. And that the need for each to stay in their own caste is important. Due to the face that utter instability will occur if they do not work for what they were created for. Differing from the world of Gattaca, where two groups reside. As Vincent explains, there are the Utero Valid and Utero Invalid. In this society the Valid are the higher ups, the genetically superiors. Those who have so much ample opportunity to be who they want. While Invalids have physical ailments preventing them to be more than janitors or receptionist. But being a Valid, people want you to be successful and give you opportunities to succeed in life. Your horizons are limitless from cop to astronaut. Hierarchy are a man tool in each society where as Brave New World limits, by creation. While Gattaca gives opportunity to have options and live a successful …show more content…
Through Brave New World enforcing conformity with conditioning, drugs and caste systems. While Gattaca offers open will with the Valids having the world at their fingertips, a more loose structured social hierarchy and genetics providing more opportunities for succession of the individual to be completed. Stability is the main focal point in Brave New World, their whole society is built on this need. In which the need for conformity and the better of the group comes to play. While in Gattaca, the pride of individual succession overwrites the need for conformity and pushes for success over the betterment of the group as a