Responding to Gattaca

Shannon Hanley

Mr. Bursch

31 January 2013

Honors Biology period 4

Responding to Gattaca

   

    “You can go to great lengths with this guy’s helix.”

    Vincent wants to work at Gattaca and fly into space, but cannot because of his genetic makeup.

However Jerome has excellent genes, but is a wheelchair and is unable to reach his dreams. He

still wants to help someone else in need. Vincent agrees, because he has wanted to work at

Gattaca for his whole life, and has something to prove. Vincent has been told many times in his

life that he would never be able to work at Gattaca or even see the inside of a rocket unless he

 was cleaning it. Vincent wants to prove to everyone that he can fly in space even with his heart

problem. This is the only way he can.

Responding to GATTACA:

by Leah Poapst

"You can go to great lengths with this guy's helix"– man who brings Vincent and Jerome together.

Vincent Freeman, an invalid, who is always genetically discriminated, has a dream to travel in a spaceship into space. Unfortunately, invalids are incapable of going. The only way for him to be close to his dream is by being a janitor, but luckily he was introduced to Jerome Morrow, a man with a perfect genetic profile. This quote is important and significant, because it indicates everything Vincent can do by using Jerome's identity. Therefore, in order to reach his dream and become valid, Vincent impersonates Jerome and uses his DNA. In the end of the movie, after working for GATTACA and passing all tests by using Jerome's DNA, Vincent accomplished his dream.