Brave New World Vs Gattaca
In both the movie Gattaca and the book Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, the topics of fate and free will, their competition, and how they affect the characters’ lives. Brave New world is based on science and focuses on making society better by genetically modifying people for the best possible outcome. Creating them with the Bokanovsky process, creating 96 of the exact same human to make one well working oiled machine. Each person is made almost exactly the same with just a few slight changes to create differences that make up social classes. What’s made out to be a Utopia is actually a Dystopia where people are doing what makes them happy. A story told through 2 characters and their lives in this Dystopian society. Gattaca is a story about
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“ ‘Ninety-six identical twins working on ninety-six identical machines!’”( Huxley 7) People are made exactly the same as 96 others and are predestined to do exactly what the world state wants them to do. The world state creates people to be the best possible person they can be, to perfectly fit the job they want them to do. Having duplicates of the same person creates a stability in their government machine if something happens to one person then there's 95 more of the exact same copy to make sure everything keeps running as it needs to be. In Gattaca finding a job is tougher for people with health issues and bad DNA, but they still have the choice to do as they please. “‘ Why should anybody invest all that money to train me, when there are a thousand other applicants with a far more cleaner profile? Of course, it’s illegal to discriminate-”genoism” it’s called- but no one takes the law seriously’”( Gattaca) People still have the choice to pursue what career they wish to have. Their DNA may prohibit what they do, DNA limits the opportunity, but people still have the free will to choose the job they want versus fate and having a job people are predetermined to …show more content…
Usually people born into lower social classes stay in the lower part of the society, people have the choice to work hard and get themselves out of the social class they are in and move up putting them in a better in society. In Brave New World, Gammas, Deltas, Alphas, Epsilons and Betas are the basis of the social classes. There is no way to get out of their social classes people are born one of the five and can never change. "’But queer that Alphas and Betas won't make any more plants grow than those nasty little Gammas and Deltas and Epsilons down there.’" (Huxley 56)The lower classes like Gammas, Deltas and Epsilons are looked down upon. “ ‘How much extra?’” “‘It would be five thousand extra.’” (Antons face falls.)(Gattaca) Money controls everything. Vincent's father already had to sell their car to afford to genetically modify their son and having to spend more wasn't affordable. Lower social classes mean lower pay, with Vincent's family being in a lower class they couldn't afford as much as everyone else, he was destined to be in a lower class with his health and based on how is family lived. He originally was working as a janitor, he forced his way out of the lower social class by becoming someone else entirely. Even though he lied his way into a better job he could have worked his way up, maybe not into his dream job, but he could have worked his way into a higher paying job and a higher social class. In
“ ‘Ninety-six identical twins working on ninety-six identical machines!’”( Huxley 7) People are made exactly the same as 96 others and are predestined to do exactly what the world state wants them to do. The world state creates people to be the best possible person they can be, to perfectly fit the job they want them to do. Having duplicates of the same person creates a stability in their government machine if something happens to one person then there's 95 more of the exact same copy to make sure everything keeps running as it needs to be. In Gattaca finding a job is tougher for people with health issues and bad DNA, but they still have the choice to do as they please. “‘ Why should anybody invest all that money to train me, when there are a thousand other applicants with a far more cleaner profile? Of course, it’s illegal to discriminate-”genoism” it’s called- but no one takes the law seriously’”( Gattaca) People still have the choice to pursue what career they wish to have. Their DNA may prohibit what they do, DNA limits the opportunity, but people still have the free will to choose the job they want versus fate and having a job people are predetermined to …show more content…
Usually people born into lower social classes stay in the lower part of the society, people have the choice to work hard and get themselves out of the social class they are in and move up putting them in a better in society. In Brave New World, Gammas, Deltas, Alphas, Epsilons and Betas are the basis of the social classes. There is no way to get out of their social classes people are born one of the five and can never change. "’But queer that Alphas and Betas won't make any more plants grow than those nasty little Gammas and Deltas and Epsilons down there.’" (Huxley 56)The lower classes like Gammas, Deltas and Epsilons are looked down upon. “ ‘How much extra?’” “‘It would be five thousand extra.’” (Antons face falls.)(Gattaca) Money controls everything. Vincent's father already had to sell their car to afford to genetically modify their son and having to spend more wasn't affordable. Lower social classes mean lower pay, with Vincent's family being in a lower class they couldn't afford as much as everyone else, he was destined to be in a lower class with his health and based on how is family lived. He originally was working as a janitor, he forced his way out of the lower social class by becoming someone else entirely. Even though he lied his way into a better job he could have worked his way up, maybe not into his dream job, but he could have worked his way into a higher paying job and a higher social class. In