Gattaca extra blog

I actually watched Gattaca for a class last year, and I thought it was a very interesting film. For people who haven't seen it, it's about a society that selects genes for their children to create the best possible people they can. If someone is not genetically selected, and born naturally, they don't have any access to good jobs and are at a much lower status in pretty much all areas of life. It's interesting to think about how this could affect society. It really shows how obsessed the world has become with perfectionism. I think it's a really good demonstration of how if people don't accept their own, and their family member's, flaws and play on their strengths that things can really get out of hand. Also, it shows the main character (who is naturally born) overcoming the adversity of the society and actually deceiving everyone into believing that he is of a perfect genetic make up to get a high status job. Proving, that even if people aren't entirely "perfect" that they can still do exactly what everyone else can, and maybe even be better at it. Overall, I think it just shows the importance of supporting people, no matter how impossible the task they want to accomplish seems.

Natalie LaBarbera