Gattaca
Gattaca
Gattaca is set in the future with the perspective that discrimination will be based on DNA rather than on race, religion, gender or ethnicity. “No longer from determined by social status or the color of your skin, no, we now have discrimination down to a science.” Gattaca is a space agency that is only open to those who are known as valids. Valids are children born after being created through genetic manipulation. Parents are able to select all of the traits for their child.
Vincent, the main character, was conceived as a “natural birth” or invalid because his parents wanted it that way, but their next child, Anton, was a valid. Vincent was never able to measure up to Anton. Vincent’s dream had always been to be a part of Gattaca and to travel into space. Vincent becomes a janitor at Gattaca, however, he never loses his dream of going to in to space, and thus takes steps several others have to obtain his goal.
Vincent decides to become a......
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