Gattaca Essay Example

the movie, when he is in the spaceship. He proved the impossible by taking risks. The message is, "you can do anything". A first response to Vincent was as a child and teenager, he was alienated. He was alienated because he was illegitimate to his parent's. The relationship between him and his parent's was obvious ever since he was born; when he was discovered to be "default", his father changed his name from Anton Vincent to Vincent Anton.

I worried for him because alienated from a very young age can lead to mental illness or poor development of emotional empathy. But his passion for space travel defied his parent's disapproval, in his mind. However, constantly competing with Anton, and constantly losing, could be seen to deter someone from trying. But Vincent continuously tried, demonstrating determination. Vincent is a very strong minded, determined and diligent person, which is why I respected him.

Irene is mysterious, not much is exposed about her, apart from that she can empathic with Vincent due to her biological circumstances, and that she clearly has feelings for him . However, she developed an understandable mistrust for Vincent. Contradictions in the story are represented with symbolism; for example, when Vincent is born there is a close up of rosary beads; a sign of Christian value. However, in Christian philosophy, genetic engineering would be widely disapproved, for every unman is supposedly of God's creation, and God's creation is suppose to be perfect.

So when Vincent parent's were applying to receive the "perfect child" through genetic engineering, it was not in compliance with Christian value. Especially as the engineers claimed that "almost all parent's" were

using genetic engineering. It was very inaccurate with the philosophy of the decade, as American society was deeply based on conservative Christian value. "There is no gene for the human spirit" meaner that Cataract strives to perfect physical performance, but the effort comes from within.