A comparison of "Gattaca" and "1984"

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By Diane Dennerll

In my opinion, there are two movies from this course, which are very comparable. The Hollywood-esque "Gattaca" is a prophetic distopia concerning genetic discrimination in the early 21st Century. George Orwell's classic "1984" is an even darker distopia (which was revealed as a great embarrassment) dealing with crude politics and oppression of the greatest gifts of humanity. Although these films contrast diversely, they also can be applied with many similar themes. In this essay, I will discuss some of the artistic and literal connections between these films as well as show their differences and deconstruct their faults using my own personal criticism. I will show how science fiction can play a very important role in our lives, and I also hope to express my theories and ideas behind the many hidden meanings and metaphors as well as encourage you (the readers) to see these movies and the future of life from an appreciative, analytical, scientific perspective.

Out of all the great science fiction movies I have seen, "Gattaca" has one of the most realistically prophetic views of the near future. Most of its tec

In this exciting twist of sci-fi, romance, hard science, Futuristics, and brilliant entertainment, I find the hidden meanings to be the most interesting. The relationship between Eugene and Vincent is somewhat of a tradeoff friendship. They both gave eachother a special chance to follow and act upon their most passionate, agonizing dream. While Vincent was allowed to apply his intelligence and character to the occupation of his own choice (space exploration), Eugene was able to retire his twisted soul corrupted by society, and end his life knowing that it was all in vein. Another metaphor I have discovered comes from the relationship between Vincent and his brother. Although Vincent was born first, Anton was conceived by the hand of technology rather than God, and was always the stronger, taller, healthier boy by far. Vincent is always in a constant internal struggle about being the weaker one, especially during their strenuous game of "Chicken." The two of them would swim as!

. They tried to get him to admit that society rules over humanity by making him believe 2 plus 2 equals 5 if Big Brother (the government leader) says so. In the end, he shows that the system does not beat him, but that he is strong in overpowering it. This, for his time in the world, is a great accomplishment that is not known, for he seemed to be completely brainwashed from the torture. Overall, this movie was very drab and dark, yet proves some interesting points and warned people of how the world may become if we make poor decisions.

people are no longer discriminated against by race, personality, or religion, but are judged only by the superiority of their genetic code. Accordingly, the story of "Gattaca" concerns a young man named Vincent who is born naturally without genetic engineering. His kind of people are known as "god children" and don't have much of a chance outside the systematically lower class. However, Vincent is determined to follow his dream of going into space (which is politically impossible for someone of his physical genetic state, no matter how intelligent). He finds a way to cheat the system by taking on the identity of someone with a well engineered genetic history and climbs his way up the social ladder at the equivalent of present day NASA called "Gattaca," until he finally ranks top astronaut. When one of his directors is murdered, accidental traces of Vincent's true "in-valid" self are found and he is the prime suspect, even though he is truly innocent. Thus, the plot thickens a!

provinces, times are even harder than in normal conditions. It seems as though the author was trying to predict an apocalyptic time in the world. The protagonist in "1984" is a middle class poor, insignificant man called Winston who works in a very strange, sad business. In the past, the newspapers had predicted or said things that the public found to be intriguing and convincing, but when the time of prediction came and went, the prophecies were not fulfilled. This is quite an embarrassment to society, so Winston's job is to practically "erase" history by making it seem as if events or ideas never occurred and people never existed. Even though sex is forbidden, he and a beautiful woman fall for eachother. With the television screens that watch you as much as you watch them, the government soon finds out about the love affair and arrests them. Winston was then prosecuted for his "crimes" through torture, because he has some information that the officials of the countr

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