Jerome

to fulfil his romantic dream of space travel. Gattaca (pronounced gat-a-ka), is the name of the corporation that can put him on a rocket to Titan, Saturn's 14th moon. The twist: in order to escape the system Vincent must first fool it by posing as Jerome (Law), genetically perfect but crippled by an accident, so now bitter and willing to sell his bodily fluid, and tissue samples to allow Vincent to pass the constant ID tests required to work at Gattaca. Vincent has already tried conventional…

Throughout the play Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee the theme of fundamentalism vs. the freedom to think is sustained. Fundamentalism is a form of a religious movement that maintains the belief of the literal interpretations of religious scriptures.The leaders in the small Southern town of Hillsboro are very religious, which pressures the citizens to follow suit, which leaves no room for their freedom to think. Because of the constant drive for the idea of creationism,…

Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto begins with the death of the groom, Conrad, and ends with the death of his sister, Matilda. The story interacts closely with death and the looming threat of death, which serves as a catalyst. With the introduction of death, characters become aware of finite life and take extreme actions to fulfill their desires. Although males have faulted characters before interactions with death, their masculinity only becomes toxic when they are familiarized with the…

second is St. Jerome “Against Jovinian”, which takes a religious perspective, and then there is Walter Map’s “The Letter of Valerius”, which like Theophrastus, takes a more philosophy prospective against…

Lovesport by Tony Padilla, A Play For The Modern Age On March 26th 2017, I attended the Palm Springs Woman’s Club’s Pearl McManus Theatre and watched the show Lovesport. The play takes place in the present, 2017, in Josh and Marty’s house which is near San Francisco. One night after a party, Josh and Marty invite Gary and Ben over and they all hang out and talk. During this time, Ben and Josh talk to one another about how they feel about their relationships with his boyfriend or husband and…

I watched the 1997 film, Gattaca, which had a running time of 1 hour 46 minutes. The film is set in the not too distant future when parents have moved from having “God -children”, that is babies born naturally with no interference from science, to having babies that are genetically engineered for specific traits, or for lower or zero probability for genetic diseases or dispositions. The protagonist of the film, Vincent, was a God-child and thus genetically inferior. A blood test taken at birth…

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…

Reading and Analyzing Fiction Have you ever gone through a time in your life where you felt lonely, unloved, or even as if you couldn't be yourself? The three main characters for, "The Wicker Husband," "Her Sweet Jerome," and "The Yellow Wallpaper" feel this way. In the stories, there are trials that some of the characters face and have to get through. You will be able to make connections with the characters and see their point of views and what they deal with. If you were an adult and lived…

The central theme of Gattaca by Andrew Niccol is Injustice. People that are born in their moms wombs. People that are born in the labs have the best DNA because they are carefully selected by a professional. When these people go to their Jobs they have to do a test so they can prove they are valid or invalids. The lab make humans are way better than regular humans these days because there DNA is pick so they can adapt faster to their livings. They are also like immortals they are immune to…

(30’s), skip the party and head to the beach. The party is attended by LESTER ROBINSON (40’s), a professional psychologist and Reverend JEROME PINCKNEY (50’s). When Lester and MELINDA show up at the party, Dinah immediately grows jealous of Melinda. Brad reassures Dinah that they are just friends. Lester and Brad ponder their lives as they debate philosophies. Jerome confesses to Dinah that there…