Jessica Valdez
ENG 101-0768
Dr. Luke Vasileiou
Essay#1
ENG 101-0768
Dr. Luke Vasileiou
Essay#1
Do we really want what we seem to want? Is genetically engineered 'superior' humans what's best for our future
Imagine
living in a world where our future will not depend on the stars as they say.
Where God is not our only creator because in this world children can be genetically
engineered to be the better human that they can be as possible. Where they will be two
types of humankind the “God children” and the genetically engineered. Where
your age of death and all illness you will suffer from will be told to your
parents at birth. How smart you’ll be and the jobs you’ll qualify for will be determined
by your genes. Where our whole future will depend upon on our genes. Well that’s just
how our future world is portrayed in the sci-fi thriller Gattaca.
In Gattaca from the time you are born your future was already known and they were
no way for you to change it. Job interviews would consist of blood or urine
samples to see if you were “Valid” or “In-Valid”. They did not care about how smart
you were or how much that was your passion if you didn’t genetically qualify you
would not get the Job. This future does not discriminate against gender or race
there discrimination was simply genetic. The “In-Valid” will be seen in that
society as “the other”. As seen many times before in history when a group views
another group as “the other” there is going to be conflict some have even led
to war. Since in the Gattaca there
were so obsessed with pursing this objective of a perfect society with
perfectly genetically engineered man, women, and children they lost the
perspective that they system might be flawed.
In the movie Gattaca they show how flawed this system can be. Not only are the “God children” restricted from being able to accomplish certain things in life but, the standard for the genetically engineered are set too high because their all built to be able to achieve greatness their all expected to achieve it. “Though well-equipped, we know not who we are or where we are going.”- The Man on the Moon by George J. Annas this q uote from the article is explaining that even though we can be well equipped we still might not know where were going, how life is going to turn out. In the movie Gattaca Eugene the real Jerome Morrow was genetically engineered yet never won a gold medal and ended up in a wheelchair. Vincent on the other hand was not genetically engineered yet he never gave up on his dream of one day being able to be able to fly to outer space. Vincent was the underclass of humans only good for menial jobs so for his dream to come true it seemed almost impossible. Sounds like something heard before right maybe in history or something told to you. In history you seen something like this cause major issues that even had led to war. It also causes issue in the man make him feel like he's not enough have him constantly trying to prove him and others wrong.
In the movie Gattaca they show how flawed this system can be. Not only are the “God children” restricted from being able to accomplish certain things in life but, the standard for the genetically engineered are set too high because their all built to be able to achieve greatness their all expected to achieve it. “Though well-equipped, we know not who we are or where we are going.”- The Man on the Moon by George J. Annas this q uote from the article is explaining that even though we can be well equipped we still might not know where were going, how life is going to turn out. In the movie Gattaca Eugene the real Jerome Morrow was genetically engineered yet never won a gold medal and ended up in a wheelchair. Vincent on the other hand was not genetically engineered yet he never gave up on his dream of one day being able to be able to fly to outer space. Vincent was the underclass of humans only good for menial jobs so for his dream to come true it seemed almost impossible. Sounds like something heard before right maybe in history or something told to you. In history you seen something like this cause major issues that even had led to war. It also causes issue in the man make him feel like he's not enough have him constantly trying to prove him and others wrong.
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