Gattaca

multiple aspects. Our need to discover the world has improved our scientific knowledge and technological field. With this increasing knowledge the boundaries have become a thin line as the drive for discovery grows. In an alternate world such as GATTACA, technology dictates the lives of its citizens. From birth to death, DNA samples are taken that inform people of your entire history. With such an intrusive system the boundaries of science are called into question. Advancements today make it…

context of different cultural and political ideologies, whilst the revolutionary biotechnology of the 1990s moulds the 1997 science fiction film, Gattaca directed by Andrew Niccol. Though differing in form, context and structure, both texts depict a dystopian microcosm of social dysfunction which belittles individuals. The Handmaid’s Tale and Gattaca collectively condemn…

Genetic Technology: Good or Bad? In the science-fiction movie GATTACA, many of their high tech identification methods are becoming a reality in our world today. This movie depicted a futuristic society where hierarchies were placed on those who were genetically perfect, or “valid” and those who were genetically flawed, or “in-valid”. The “in-valids” were given low-status jobs such as cleaning because their medical risks were more of a liability. Some examples of genetic technology and…

illusion of ‘perfection’. Discriminative society was also explored through the protagonists struggle in the inferior position portrayed in society. These central ideas will be further examined in relation to novel THT by Margaret Atwood and film Gattaca by Andrew niccols. In the society of THT Atwood demonstrated the notion of restraint in social/personal freedom: “A return to traditional values. Waste not want not.” The alliteration applied highlights their societal value; Gilead’s step…

chose to use texts that have protagonists who decide to be someone they are not. My texts were The Talented Mr Ripley directed by Anthony Minghella, Mulan directed by Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook, Catch me if you can directed by Steven Spielberg, and Gattaca directed by Andrew Niccol. I chose three subtopics The struggle with identity, the desire to be someone else, and the negative effects this desire has caused. I chose these topics to make good strong connections to each of the texts I have…

Moreover, while the system does try to manufacture individuals, it cannot completely control their psyche, inspiration and motivation and therefore humanity becomes an undeniable freedom. In Atwood’s novel Gileadean society controls class structure with utmost care and attempts to restrict the powers that spring from an identity, still, the handmaids maintain their own identity and explore their own bodies and minds beyond what their status allows them too. Offreds role as a Handmaid defines her…

16th century England through contrast with an ideal egalitarian society. Likewise, Kurt Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron uses satire as a medium to criticise the idiocies and shortcomings of the contemporary world. On the other hand, Andrew Niccol’s Gattaca invites viewers to question the ethics and ramification of contemporary scientific progress and the unrestrained progress…

of genetic discrimination, genetic modification, and advancement of technology that associates itself into genetic testing were the some of the main issues that occurred throughout the film. Throughout the movie Vincent is constantly tested in the Gattaca to maintain the charade of being Jerome. Blood sampling, urine testing, even physical analysis are taken into account to uphold the moral belief that the superior quality of humanity is being maintained. The very existence of a human being is…

having their own idea and thoughts that society sought to destroy them, as they did when they killed Clarisse when she was out for a walk and Montag after he rebelled and burned Captain Beatty, having to flee from mechanical dogs he left the city. In Gattaca the ‘faith born’ ‘invalids’ as in essence born as non-conformists, as discriminations against race, gender, sex or religion is no more in this dystopian world. The only difference discriminated upon in society is if you are genetically…

Just as the geneticist from Gattaca said, “this child is still you, simply the best of you. You could conceive naturally a thousand times and never get such a result.” Although I believe that the geneticist makes a good point, I should clarify that I only support the medical use of PGD and oppose the cosmetic, psychological, and physical genetic trait selection portrayed in Gattaca. The protagonist of the movie also makes a good point saying that “what…