Medical Issues In The Movie Gattaca

In the movie Gattaca, Vincent Freeman was born naturally which means that in the movie it’s not modern and genetically he has medical issues. Vincent has bad eyesight, heart complications, as well as a life span to thirty. Vincent is known as an invalid because of his medical issues and the way he was born. Vincent found employment at Gattaca but only as a janitor due to his invalid genetics. As a child Vincent never believed the fate that he will never go to space. Vincent always wanted to pursue his dream he is known to be a failure to their society and he has no chance to any career. The way he is able to pursue his dream he has to do it illegally. Vincent makes a deal with a man named Jerome, who has the perfect genetics but he attempted …show more content…
There is a murder in Gattaca and an eyelash was found in the scene, which will eventually cause tension for Vincent. Vincent fears that he will be caught because his face is shown all around Gattaca known as the invalid whose eyelash was at the scene. No one recognizes him due to the fact that his is changing himself more and more to become Jerome. One of the detectives working the murder is Vincent’s younger brother Anton, who is genetically created by doctors, he is genetically stronger than Vincent due to the fact that he was not born naturally, so Anton is known as a valid in Gattaca. Anton constantly brings down Vincent and they will compete in swimming, which Vincent wins but then has to save Anton from drowning and Anton doesn’t understand how that is possible due to his brothers medical issues. Vincent gets close to his coworker named Irene who is very intelligent, there is a titan mission that is going on at Gattaca but Irene is not allowed to go due to the fact that she has a heart issue, her heart is defective. At the end of the movie Jerome creates enough DNA samples that will last for about two …show more content…
Gattaca has two different types of social classes which one will have all the benefits and have high careers compared to the other social class where they are not given a chance to a high career. Everyone’s genetics are defined to be valid if their genetic make-up is scientific but invalid if one was naturally born. One who is genetically made by doctors are created by their parents, they have all the traits their parents wanted for the ideal or “perfect” child, compared to one who was born naturally they have the parent’s traits but the child may or may not have everything I parent wants in a child. Natural birth is the old way to be born but now that one can genetically manipulate is the “new” natural way of being born in their society. Gattaca discriminates the ones who don’t live up to the right expectations genetically, no one is discriminated by their race of skin. Vincent lives the life of being imperfect he could not pursue the dream of going into space because he was unworthy of a high career because of his genetic traits. Vincent decides that he could reach his dream but he would have to do it illegally. He will impersonate Jerome Morrow who is a “valid” but he has to live up to Jerome’s extraordinary luxurious life style. As a child Vincent was always compared to his younger brother Anton because the way they were treated by their parents. Anton