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    Gattaca Persuasive Speech

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    When a person is born, that person should be considered as equal to the child next to it, as both children are equal to the other newly born children in the nursery. In this new world of Gattaca, that is no longer the case. The old world was that way, where every man, woman, and child was born with the same human rights no matter their age, gender, race, or sexuality. Our world is no longer like that since the uprising of the “valids” or, designer children as they are called, gaining more rights…

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    Gattaca Film Analysis

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    Through Gattaca, director Andrew Niccol constructs a film rife with non-diegetic audio techniques for the purpose of conveying core ideas in an indirect manner. The three methods Niccol uses to this end are music, sound and narration, which all work in conjunction with one another and thus are all tantamount for similar concepts. Michael Nyman’s orchestral soundtrack is omnipresent throughout the film accenting the tone of scenes, sound effects assist in creating the dystopian atmosphere of the…

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    According to Lee Silver, a professor at Princeton University, “ A has 1 million locations in their DNA. Even if you are a healthy adult, 100 of these genes can cause deadly disease.” (Parry, 2013) After watching the movie GATTACA I realize that some parents want to select their child’s genetic makeup. Some may think that it is a great idea because they can give their child the tools they need to be successful in their lifetime. Although, parents should not be able to select traits for their…

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    In the world of Andrew Niccol’s film Gattaca, tinkering with human genetics has become the norm in the search for perfection of body and mind. The practice has become so widespread that those conceived naturally suffer discrimination on the basis of their DNA which in turn creates a class divide between the two groups. In the film genetics, and the imperfection drawn from them is overcome by means of raw determination by the protagonist and these concepts are explored through a variety of…

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    These are two classic examples of how technology might serve to depose – or even usurp – nature. In the movie Gattaca, geneticists use technology to overpower the nature; people live in a society that genetically modified children are more preferable to “faith birth” – they are the symbol of perfection. The technology is designed by giving children the best possible start because they believed humankind have enough imperfection built in already and children do not need any additional burdens,…

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    Authors of text 1 and 2 employ the technique of intertextuality of the film Gattaca by Andrew Niccol to support their claims. Savulescu uses the intertextuality to emphasise his perspective on “gifted genes” as “genetic inequality,” “gifted children” and “biology [determining] ability” are all problems that arose within the film Gattaca as genetic engineering became present within the dystopian world. Savulescu’s exploration of these problems highlight how “genetic analysis of embryos” could be…

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    “GATTACA” is a movie that is set in the “not-so-distant” future where genetic engineering and DNA are used for discrimination and determining one’s fate just minutes after they are born with just a prick to their heel and a blood sample. When Vincent Freemen was born naturally (without the use of genetic engineering and DNA modification) his sample showed that he had a 99% chance of acquiring a congenital heart defect. His life expectancy was estimated at 30 years of age. With Vincent’s…

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    scientific field is always expanding. Scientists are making new discoveries every day and are looking for ways to improve humanity itself, such as genetic engineering. The movie GATTACA is an example of how scientists used genetic engineering to improve humanity. In the future, this is how society could end up as well. In the movie GATTACA, your status is determined when you are born. You are either a valid or an invalid. Those who are invalid are a part of the lower class and receive the lower…

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    Gattaca Summary and Genetic Things Summary Vincent Anton Freeman was born with a 99% chance of getting a heart disease and dying at the age of 30. Vincent dreamt of space but, companies didn’t want to hire people like him so they don’t waste resources on someone who will die that soon. To get a job at the space organization, Gattaca, Vincent buys the genes of genetically engineered, Jerome Morrow. At Gattaca Vincent gets scheduled to go on a mission to Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.…

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    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…

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