GATTACA Essay- Jacob

Genetic engineering- The good and bad- you can pick out the attributes and traits of your son or daughter, but you’ll have to be rich or wealthy if you want you kid to have great genes. You can pick out their appearance , but you can’t control what they do nor their mood or attitude.

You can make your daughter or son perfect like great physical attractiveness, very intelligence, and one of the best athletic (athleticism), but it's depends on how much you invest in your child to make him or her better engineer person.

You can make your daughter or son 20/ 20 vision or blind, fast or slow, “smart” or not meeting the standard of social “smart” or in other word “normally amount”, more athleticism than the average person, etc.  You can pick the color of their hair, eyes, and body hair. But if you’re not rich nor wealthy you should just have a god’s child or an invalid. And take a chance on your genetics but they probably won’t be accept by many people.

Overall, the genetic engineering is probably not the best idea or thing to do. Like they say if it ain't broke, don't fix.

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.

GATTACA Essay-Jenny

       The Film, GATTACA, was based upon a society that shamed people who don’t have perfect genes. The people who were born through in-vitro fertilization were respected and praised because their genes were pure. In this movie, people were disrespected for having diseases. I think that this is terrible because you cannot control your genes, the disease usually shouldn’t have any affect on your work, and it is a type of discrimination.

       If the best worker of a company is diagnosed with a disease that is not going to affect their work, then they should not be fired. When a person is born, they already have all of their genes “picked out.” A unborn person cannot control what genes that they want, so they should not be shamed with the genes they have. The worker should still be employed until they can no longer work. When the disease that this person has starts to affect their work, then they should be unemployed. The only reason that a worker should be fired for having a disease is if the sickness is contagious.

       If a worker has a sickness that is not contagious, then they should not be unemployed. If the disease is something that will affect their work, then they should be fired. Diseases like arthritis might affect someone’s work, but if the sickness is minor then the employee can still work. Other diseases that will have an affect on work are ones that can’t be present in a work system. Most diseases have some kind of medicine that can help it be cured as well. If the employee can take medicine to cure the sickness, then they can still work.

       This worker might also be experiencing Genoism as well. This type of discrimination should not be present in a workplace. Discrimination of genes should not happen because people cannot control their genes. Genes are the things that make a person, themselves. Nobody should want to change their genes because they are being discriminated. In a workplace, work should be taking place, not bullying. Genoism is something that a person cannot control, so they should not be discriminated for it.

       In the film, GATTACA, society revolves around perfection. Everyone wants to have perfect genes. If a worker has a disease in this society, it is diffucult to find work. In real life, this should never happen. If a worker has a disease, then they should be able to work because you cannot control your genes, the disease usually shouldn’t have any affect on your work, and it is a type of discrimination.