Gattaca Comparison

In both Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, and the film Gattaca, the text and film display a form of dehumanization. In the novel, Ishiguro explores the clones humanity when confronted by a society that wants to hide them away as they are so rebellious against them. Society’s attitude towards the clones Kathy, Tommy and the other students is a fearful one. When Madame arrives at Hailsham she reacts with horror “[w]aiting for the moment when you realize that you really are different to them...of how you were brought into this world and why-and who dread the idea of your hand brushing against theirs. The first time you glimpse yourself through the eyes of a person like that, it’s a cold moment”(Ishiguro 36). Madame’s horror highlights the disgust and fear normal people have when dealing with the clones, which shows dehumanization presented towards the students. In the film Gattaca, Vincent faces dehumanization when his status is considered an invalid. He is treated as an underclass of humans that are only useful for work not requiring much skill and lacking reputation. Vincent choses to overturn the system by escaping dehumanization and achieving his dream. Never Let Me Go and Gattaca are similar because in the film there are many repeated close-ups of Vincent’s preparations to highlight the level of detail he needs to go to in order to disguise his …show more content…
In contrast, in Never Let Me Go the clones have to continue to live with the lives that they have that they don’t have much control over, in result facing dehumanization until they complete, but in Gattaca although Vincent is not genetically perfect, he gets to take the identity of Jerome which he values and never gives up on his dream of going to outer space. It was either follow the life that has been set out for you, or find a way to go against the norm of your of your world, and do what you feel is