In the article “The Mystery of Being in Gattaca”, the author Dmetri Kakmi illustrates the different ways that the film projects disability. Kakmi believes that what makes a person crippled is not always the physical part, but also outside factors that can also make them impaired. The author states that Eugene, the disabled man in the movie, was mentally crippled by his own expectations that he could not meet. When Eugene was born he was a 9.3 rating on the perfect scale, he was born great, yet he could not be perfect or be first place all the time. Kakmi states that Vincent, who is crippled by his heart defect, does not let his heart stop him from getting into Gattaca. Knowing that it is impossible, Vincent works hard to get into Gattaca and
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As Kakmi argues, “No matter how quantified human beings become, there will always be the mystery of being human, an indefinable component that may not be measureable or predictable” (89). I agree with this argument of Kakmi for the reason that humans are not one hundred percent outlined as to what will happen in his or her lifetime based on their DNA alone. In the case of Vincent he was told that he had a bad heart and would die early but that only gave him the motivation the he needed of working that much harder to prove everyone wrong and end up working at Gattaca. Vincent was not going to let the doctors be right in saying that he could not do strenuous work. These doubts against Vincent fueled his fire that much more to work harder and as he stated, “I didn’t save anything for the swim back”. The people that have to battle discrimination may do anything possible to break those judgments set upon them; they crave the feeling of not being the loser. The DNA in a human cannot make up their mind, only you can make up your mind. If you set your mind toward a goal, then the only thing that can stop you from reaching that goal is yourself, “that is the nature of being human: that we are more than the total sum of our parts” (89). Vincent is a perfect example of this, he chose to work hard and in the end he accomplished his goal of being an astronaut at Gattaca. If you set your mind to something like Vincent did then only you can defy any odds that are stacked against you and help make your goal a
As Kakmi argues, “No matter how quantified human beings become, there will always be the mystery of being human, an indefinable component that may not be measureable or predictable” (89). I agree with this argument of Kakmi for the reason that humans are not one hundred percent outlined as to what will happen in his or her lifetime based on their DNA alone. In the case of Vincent he was told that he had a bad heart and would die early but that only gave him the motivation the he needed of working that much harder to prove everyone wrong and end up working at Gattaca. Vincent was not going to let the doctors be right in saying that he could not do strenuous work. These doubts against Vincent fueled his fire that much more to work harder and as he stated, “I didn’t save anything for the swim back”. The people that have to battle discrimination may do anything possible to break those judgments set upon them; they crave the feeling of not being the loser. The DNA in a human cannot make up their mind, only you can make up your mind. If you set your mind toward a goal, then the only thing that can stop you from reaching that goal is yourself, “that is the nature of being human: that we are more than the total sum of our parts” (89). Vincent is a perfect example of this, he chose to work hard and in the end he accomplished his goal of being an astronaut at Gattaca. If you set your mind to something like Vincent did then only you can defy any odds that are stacked against you and help make your goal a