Gattaca Individuality
How is it possible that such a vast amount of people can be so brainwashed as to not see that they are forced to live, think ,and act exactly as they are told to by society?
The film Gattaca and the novel Brave New World are alike in ways such as human nature playing a role in individuality by the need to act out, people trying to get those who believe in individuality to conform, even by threats, and by the amounting pressure put onto individuals to go along with society and live as they are told how to live. It is in human nature to want to act out and be an individual. In the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, the citizens were conditioned in what to believe in and how to think through hypnopaedic sayings such as, ¨´Everybody belongs …show more content…
But, despite being at the top of the caste system and knowing it he still isn't satisfied with his life. Through this quote it shows how passionate he feels about wanting more, wanting something that the society won't give him. He wants to be an individual and go against society but society won't let him write against them let alone is he supposed to speak against them because that would mean he would be going against conformity by trying to be an individual which is not allowed. This connects with the film Gattaca because Jerome and Helmholtz are alike in this way of thinking. Jerome was a vetro meaning he was made through science where his traits were scientifically chosen specifically for him. This made him capable of being one of the top males. But still, like Helmholtz, he wasn't satisfied with that. He did no to conform to society, he wanted to be his own. So, he had given up his identity to a different person, a utero , meaning he was born all natural, getting in return nothing but a good feeling ultimately. The person he gave his life to was named Vincent. Vincent had said, ¨´No there is nothing truly remarkable about the …show more content…
Since their birth they are taught how to live and it is stressed in their upbringings and daily lives to live exactly by the principles that are forced upon them. No exceptions. So, that makes the individuals have feelings that the rest of the population does not. These feelings include stress, sadness, depression , and more negative feelings that the rest don't get in both the novel and film. This pressure ultimately led to the death of two characters in a similar fashion who were the few in their societies to make an effort to be individuals. In the novel, when reporters came into John the Savage's home they walked up to the door and seen that, ´Just under the crown of the arch dangled a pair of feet.´ (Huxley 259) Along with a few other context clues it was evident that John had committed suicide by hanging himself to death. The people in the World State wouldn't let him be all alone by himself. He didn't agree with their lifestyles and found it sickening, therefore he wanted no part in living near them. He even went to extreme measures, such as whipping himself when he felt happy, to try to be as different from the people as possible. But, even when he thought he had found isolation, the people still found him and wanted to make him into one of their ¨feelie¨ stars. It all eventually became too much for John to handle. He lost the will to live in a society he found so
The film Gattaca and the novel Brave New World are alike in ways such as human nature playing a role in individuality by the need to act out, people trying to get those who believe in individuality to conform, even by threats, and by the amounting pressure put onto individuals to go along with society and live as they are told how to live. It is in human nature to want to act out and be an individual. In the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, the citizens were conditioned in what to believe in and how to think through hypnopaedic sayings such as, ¨´Everybody belongs …show more content…
But, despite being at the top of the caste system and knowing it he still isn't satisfied with his life. Through this quote it shows how passionate he feels about wanting more, wanting something that the society won't give him. He wants to be an individual and go against society but society won't let him write against them let alone is he supposed to speak against them because that would mean he would be going against conformity by trying to be an individual which is not allowed. This connects with the film Gattaca because Jerome and Helmholtz are alike in this way of thinking. Jerome was a vetro meaning he was made through science where his traits were scientifically chosen specifically for him. This made him capable of being one of the top males. But still, like Helmholtz, he wasn't satisfied with that. He did no to conform to society, he wanted to be his own. So, he had given up his identity to a different person, a utero , meaning he was born all natural, getting in return nothing but a good feeling ultimately. The person he gave his life to was named Vincent. Vincent had said, ¨´No there is nothing truly remarkable about the …show more content…
Since their birth they are taught how to live and it is stressed in their upbringings and daily lives to live exactly by the principles that are forced upon them. No exceptions. So, that makes the individuals have feelings that the rest of the population does not. These feelings include stress, sadness, depression , and more negative feelings that the rest don't get in both the novel and film. This pressure ultimately led to the death of two characters in a similar fashion who were the few in their societies to make an effort to be individuals. In the novel, when reporters came into John the Savage's home they walked up to the door and seen that, ´Just under the crown of the arch dangled a pair of feet.´ (Huxley 259) Along with a few other context clues it was evident that John had committed suicide by hanging himself to death. The people in the World State wouldn't let him be all alone by himself. He didn't agree with their lifestyles and found it sickening, therefore he wanted no part in living near them. He even went to extreme measures, such as whipping himself when he felt happy, to try to be as different from the people as possible. But, even when he thought he had found isolation, the people still found him and wanted to make him into one of their ¨feelie¨ stars. It all eventually became too much for John to handle. He lost the will to live in a society he found so