Gattaca Essay

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GATTACA SHOWS THAT VINCENT IS A POWERFUL FORCE FOR CHANGE... In the film Gattaca by Andrew Niccol an individual was capable to express a powerful force through their experience with discrimination they yet showed courage and consistency to strive for what they believe in. Vincent changed his identity in order to get into Gattaca. A reason for Jerome to live was changed due to Vincent and it was an emotional aspect in the film. Irene showed she wasn’t limited to her defects due to the impact of Vincent he showed great courage and belief in himself and gave Irene the opportunity to do so as well he has proved to his brother his discrimination in childhood have not affected him in the future. Vincent was of Natural birth he has a heart condition and his defects weren’t accepted in a not too distant future he was labelled an invalid meaning he wasn’t perfect like those of genetic birth. Those with an invalid label were denied the basic rights of freedom of choice. His courage and consistency have taken him a long way all the way to space. The dream of space was virtually impossible but he had changed this all due to the change of his identity. From Vincent he became Jerome. Jerome Morrow a valid who is near perfection with 20/20 vision. The change of identity was a lengthy and painful process one in which never ends. The surgery Vincent undergoes to increase his height was the painful aspect by cutting and adding additional bones. The lengthy process include being strapped to another blood and urine sample everyday , scrubbing of the dead skin that can be used to detect false DNA.That all can be faked but the physical aspect can’t he still had to train like every other perfect individual in Gattaca and with his condition this was hard. He had proved to the viewers that you should stand up for what you believe in her proved that perfection wasn’t only a positive
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