GATTACA essay

The human spirit – Anyone can overcome great adversity and there is no gene for the human spirit. Consider Vincent’s imperfections and strong will to live and chase after his goals and Jerome’s perfection, lack of desire, addiction, and depression.

In the movie GATTACA humans have added a new norm two their society.  Unnatural selection and genetically modifying humans.  The result, a perfect human being.  No flaws or imperfections, the best of what you could ever reproduce.  however some couples choose natural selection. An example of this happening was a boy name Vincent he was born through in a natural way, but he was born with many flaws. The most obvious was his physical disability. He also had a brother but he was born through unnatural selection and was perfect. Vincent also met a man named Jerome who was the best of the best and he had everything going for him but one thing.

Even in the future there is still discrimination but this time it is down to the genes. People who are born through unnatural selection instantly have more opportunity that natural born people. For example Vincent was a janitor for the longest time and he wasn’t even allowed to get a chance to be interviewed. How ever there is one thing that will truly show which human was the best. Natural born or unnatural born. It is the person’s will to succeed. Because the unnatural born people had everything for them and didn’t have to strive for greatness because they had it since birth they end having no drive. However a person who has had nothing, had to work and claw his way to the top, he is the one who possesses the passion.

A great example of a person who has had everything since birth is Jerome. Jerome is a person who is the spitting image of perfect. Except for four things. His legs no longer worked and the fact that he had no determination, depression and addiction. He was addicted to drinking and smoking and he was extremely depressed. It didn’t matter how smart or athletic he was never going to be the best. He said that “Jerome Morrow was never meant to be one step down on the podium.” The act that he lacked desire meant he was never going to be on the top. So in reality it doesn’t matter if you’re perfect in everything else. You need to have a goal or desire that you must reach.

Vincent was a person who was born with many imperfections, which makes him the exact opposite of Jerome. Vincent had a heart condition, but his biggest setback was the discrimination that was posed against him. How ever this ended up aiding Vincent in the end. What it did was force him to work extra hard to be the best. His strong will to live and never to give up made him a better worker than his brother and Jerome. Vincent never quite and kept striving to be his best.  

So in the end it seemed to appear a person born through genetic modification is almost at a disadvantage towards natural born people. The passion, determination and the will to succeed are the only things that you need to be successful. The human spirit, it decides whether are not a human will succeed in life. Not the human anatomy.