Gattaca EssayGattaca Essay“We were wondering if it’s good to leave some things to chance.”In the world of Gattaca, is this a wise course of action?Gattaca is a science-fiction thriller movie, directed by Andrew Niccol. It presents a story of the future prospect of genetic engineering and how it will affect human society. Gattaca gives one perspective of how the future of discrimination is no longer determined by social status or the colour of skin because the discrimination is now down to a science, Vincent: “I belonged to a new underclass, no longer determined by social status or the colour of your skin. No, we now have discrimination down to a science.” The better the genes in your body are the better job you will get. In the future world, like presented in this movie, we don’t leave our child’s ability to chance, but we choose it by ourselves. We can create our ‘dream child’ as long as we have enough money. In my opinion, it is a wise course of action to leave some things to chance, because I think natural conception is always a better way in terms of producing children who have soul, emotion and desire as in this movie is presented by Vincent, the God’s child.
“Some things” in that quote above refers to child’s ability. You can pay the doctor and create your own baby to be whatever you want; you can control every aspect of their child’s body, such as what is their gender, their colour of skin, hair, etc. Genetic engineering enables someone to be better, faster, stronger, and more-long-lived. “They used to say that a child conceived in love, has a greater chance of happiness. They dont say that any more”Children, whose DNA has been manipulated, are called Valid. All of the “abnormalities” of the genetic process are eliminated, such as in this movie, is when Anton, Vincent’s brother is genetically better after his DNA has been manipulated before he even an embryo.
”Cerebral growth, which is the only biological process in the body‗which can alter the behavior of a human’, is not possible if you have not already been genetically transformed into a man because you are not born with the exact same set of chromosomal traits and traits that you should have.‗I am not saying that in those articles it was not possible but here it is more than a little bit easier.‗You are not born with only a genetic anomaly. You are born with the actual traits of your biological parents to increase the effectiveness of your genetic modification.
”If you ask why you are able to do something so radical, it is because you do it without thinking about it, or because the ideas of your parents had a certain effect on the process. Most of your decisions and decisions you make, not just about genetics, are based entirely on your biological parents’ and that is why you can create genetic change even at one time, with absolutely no other choice.
”For example, it is very easy to create a boy or girl who is so unique as to be incapable of making another one, a boy who is so different to us that it makes sense to keep it to one family tree because his parents won’t allow him to continue. ‟‟‟‟‟‟‥‥‼‵
”In other words, there must be a reason behind your genetic change, and even what that reason is might depend on how you have to say it.
”Some people don’t understand the power of such a change. Their goal is still just to get the most important information about the human speciesor their goal is to get access to the vast scientific knowledge that is available to them.…Some people don’t understand the power of such a change. Their goal is still just to get the most important information about the human speciesor their goal is to get access to the vast scientific knowledge that is available to them.
”Some people believe that evolution cannot have stopped humanity from creating the things that make us good.…Some people believe that creation could never have stopped the evolution of the species.…› This is not the case.–––––
”And so the next step is to take the opportunity to see how things might have been if the universe hadn’t been built on that foundation, by not producing everything we need, simply by being wrong.…—I am talking about having a biological parent. It is true that there are
”Cerebral growth, which is the only biological process in the body‗which can alter the behavior of a human’, is not possible if you have not already been genetically transformed into a man because you are not born with the exact same set of chromosomal traits and traits that you should have.‗I am not saying that in those articles it was not possible but here it is more than a little bit easier.‗You are not born with only a genetic anomaly. You are born with the actual traits of your biological parents to increase the effectiveness of your genetic modification.
”If you ask why you are able to do something so radical, it is because you do it without thinking about it, or because the ideas of your parents had a certain effect on the process. Most of your decisions and decisions you make, not just about genetics, are based entirely on your biological parents’ and that is why you can create genetic change even at one time, with absolutely no other choice.
”For example, it is very easy to create a boy or girl who is so unique as to be incapable of making another one, a boy who is so different to us that it makes sense to keep it to one family tree because his parents won’t allow him to continue. ‟‟‟‟‟‟‥‥‼‵
”In other words, there must be a reason behind your genetic change, and even what that reason is might depend on how you have to say it.
”Some people don’t understand the power of such a change. Their goal is still just to get the most important information about the human speciesor their goal is to get access to the vast scientific knowledge that is available to them.…Some people don’t understand the power of such a change. Their goal is still just to get the most important information about the human speciesor their goal is to get access to the vast scientific knowledge that is available to them.
”Some people believe that evolution cannot have stopped humanity from creating the things that make us good.…Some people believe that creation could never have stopped the evolution of the species.…› This is not the case.–––––
”And so the next step is to take the opportunity to see how things might have been if the universe hadn’t been built on that foundation, by not producing everything we need, simply by being wrong.…—I am talking about having a biological parent. It is true that there are
Vincent Anton Freeman, the main character, is one of the last “natural” babies born into a sterile, genetically-enhanced world, where abilities, life expectancy are ascertained at birth. He was born with myopia and due to die at 30 because of a heart condition. Therefore he destines to be a second class citizen along with others born in the same way. “Ill never understand what possessed my mother to put her faith in Gods hands, rather than those of her local geneticist”. Knowing that Vincent was born with all his conditions, his parents don’t want those things to happen again for their second child, so then they choose Anton to be much better in any way. Vincent has a childhood dream, and is to going to space. He wants to see what is up there. As a child, Vincent struggles to improve his physical weakness. Even the kindergarten rejects him as the insurance company doesn’t want to give him the coverage. Anton, who is genetically well-engineered is eventually appears to be taller than Vincent. He also always wins the swimming race between him and Vincent. Therefore, this things makes Vincent think that he’s weak and he is not as good as Anton or any other people who has a good DNA.
One thing happens, on the swimming race between him and his brother, this time Vincent wins the race. He even saves his brother’s life by saving him from drowning. This makes him change his mind. He thinks that he is not that weak. It is all of what you believe in, not determined by genes in your body. Then he decides to leave the house and go to the Gattaca to get all his dreams.
The world of Gattaca is cold. It demands perfection and this is guaranteed and protected by regular DNA testing. The artificial way has become a ‘natural way’ here. Valid people have what it takes to become the best. However, biological engineering could induce robotic