GATTACA Essay- Sayra

In the film, GATTACA, the quote, “Jerome was engineered with everything needed to get into Gattaca… except the desire to do so” was relevant to the film. Throughout the entire film we learn a lot from Vincent and Jerome. Ever since Vincent was young, he was jealous of his brother because he seemed to be perfect at every single thing that he did. Knowing that he only had about thirty years to live, he wanted to make the most of it by doing what he wanted to do, reach space. He was obsessed with one day being able to fly over there. Once he was older and knew everything there was to know he finally decided to apply.

Vincent was an invalid. This meant that he had less opportunities compared to the people who were valid. Everybody thought that if you had that specific trait that made you an invalid, you were never going to be as smart as the others. However, this was not true. Vincent had so much potential to get accepted. He knew everything there was to know about space and what it took to get there. Being born as an invalid took away many opportunities. Once you were an invalid, there was nothing that could every change you in order to be valid.

He was very determined to work at Gattaca and did not want to give up his dream of being in space. Soon, he was introduced to someone who was willing to give up his identity of being valid to someone else. His name was Jerome. He had a very perfect record which included things like awards and intelligence. Jerome was so good at everything that he did but that ended once his accident occurred. Now he was an alcoholic and depressed man. He was permanently on a wheel chair from his attempt of committing suicide. Vincent’s plan was to live his life as Jerome, a valid.

Jerome was capable of doing so many things. One of them was being able to work at Gattaca with no problems. His intelligence could benefit him in so many ways, starting off with work. He was perfect for the job. The quote is very relevant in this case because it shows how he was well suited for that job. Jerome had no interest whatsoever to be part of Gattaca. That meant that being valid was just going to be a waste because you can’t just tell someone what they should do, Since Vincent really had the desire to be part of it, he could make use out of his name. That quote is very important to the film by showing a problem and a solution.

As you can see, the quote, “Jerome was engineered with everything needed to get into Gattaca… except the desire to do so” is very significant in the film. We learned how important it was to be a valid. Jerome clearly had no intentions of working there and could not be forced to. Being a perfect candid did not matter for him which is why Vincent managed to take his place in order for him to make his dream come true which was going to space.