Gattaca Film Essay Have you ever felt like you were not good enough to do something you deeply wanted to do? Well, in the Film Gattaca, our lead character Vincent has been born by what is called a “gods birth” which is a rare anomaly when a baby is born naturally. Vincent has his head in the stars and he rarely thinks of anything else, but a common heart condition has branded him invalid which means the only way he can get into the Gattaca SpaceProgram, is if he is cleaning the floors. Throughout the film, our main character, Vincent is competing against not only his detective brother, an unfortunate murder of a commanding officer, and becoming the best alpha navigator, but he also is competing against himself. Vincent deceives the entire
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The doctors tell Vincent’s parents that he has a 99 percent chance of heart failure, and that he most likely will not live past the age of 31. Vincent’s parents have another son, but this time they genetically altered him to be a VALID member of society, and Vincent is quickly shunned to live in the shadow of his bigger, more genetically superior brother, Anton. An example of this is when the brothers’ father is measuring them and even though Vincent is a year older, Anton is significantly taller. Since Vincent is always in Anton’s shadow, he is dehumanized and his parents look at him as if he is a failure. During Vincent’s young adulthood, his father even says, “The only way you’ll see the inside of Gattaca is if you’re cleaning its floors.” This sparks an idea in Vincent; he trains tirelessly, despite his heart condition and even goes through an extremely painful leg surgery in order to look the part. Despite Vincent’s society constantly casting him out and dehumanizing, in the end, it made him stronger and be able to out maneuver his brother and land him on a rocket flying towards Saturn. Gattaca is a film that can teach a person a lot of lessons, one of which is to always follow your dreams just like Vincent did and never give up. There is a consistent theme between Gattaca and “A Brave New World”. Both Jerome and John the Savage took their own lives
The doctors tell Vincent’s parents that he has a 99 percent chance of heart failure, and that he most likely will not live past the age of 31. Vincent’s parents have another son, but this time they genetically altered him to be a VALID member of society, and Vincent is quickly shunned to live in the shadow of his bigger, more genetically superior brother, Anton. An example of this is when the brothers’ father is measuring them and even though Vincent is a year older, Anton is significantly taller. Since Vincent is always in Anton’s shadow, he is dehumanized and his parents look at him as if he is a failure. During Vincent’s young adulthood, his father even says, “The only way you’ll see the inside of Gattaca is if you’re cleaning its floors.” This sparks an idea in Vincent; he trains tirelessly, despite his heart condition and even goes through an extremely painful leg surgery in order to look the part. Despite Vincent’s society constantly casting him out and dehumanizing, in the end, it made him stronger and be able to out maneuver his brother and land him on a rocket flying towards Saturn. Gattaca is a film that can teach a person a lot of lessons, one of which is to always follow your dreams just like Vincent did and never give up. There is a consistent theme between Gattaca and “A Brave New World”. Both Jerome and John the Savage took their own lives