GATTACA Essay

GATTACA Essay

I believe that the theme of the movie GATTACA is that the human spirit can overcome the most challenging obstacles. In the movie the main character Vincent goes to extremes to follow his dream such as having surgeries, learning to write right handed, and basically give up his identity to become someone else just so he can have a shot at being able to go into space and fulfill his dreams. In the movie Vincent’s parents decide to not genetically modify Vincent before he is born even though that is the normal thing to do in the time that they live in. When he was born the doctors took a blood sample and from that they predicted that Vincent would have many health issues including a weak heart. The doctors were able to predict that he would probably live to the age of thirty. As Vincent grew up he would try to get jobs but they wouldn't accept him because of his bad genes. it didn't really matter how qualified for the job he was the would always run a gene test and the wouldn't accept him because of all his medical issues. the only work he could get was being a custodian at GATTACA. Vincent had loved to learn about space and astronomy since he was very young so he had a deep passion to work at GATTACA. In order to work there he had to swap identities with someone names Jerome to even have a chance to work at GATTACA. To do so he had to undergo a surgery to make himself as tall as Jerome, he had to learn to write right handed, he had to wear contacts instead of his glasses, he also has to perform a complicated daily routine so he doesn't get caught. He eventually ends up fulfilling his dream of going into space. I believe that the theme of this story is that the human spirit can overcome even the most challenging obstacles