Matt is a clone who was made within a petri dish. He was formed to be genetically engineered as a specific person. Vincent on the other hand, is a naturally conceived baby who was born to be his own unique person. Yet, the two characters are almost identical.
The stories Gattaca and House Of The Scorpion have two plots that can be easily compared. Both take place in the near future and both are predictions of what the world’s future may end up as. Matt still lives in a world where naturally conceived babies overpopulate. In fact, he lives in a world where naturally conceived babies are the only kind of human. Anything genetically engineered; such as clones, are considered as animals and things that are only used as extra organs. Vincent lives in the opposite world. His life’s future consists of only genetically engineered, perfect babies. People who are made to be flawless and in no risk of dying young. Natural babies are simply mistakes who really can’t do much for this world. Two complete opposites, yet both so similar.
Matt and Vincent are born different amongst the majority of the beings they live with. They are outcasts. Matt is a clone, which inevitably means he is an animal. A scumbag who is an extra body if anything goes wrong with the first one. He is not only treated with disrespect, but he is also underestimated; just like Vincent. Vincent is a “love child”. With that known fact, he is sold short in every scenario. Because he was naturally conceived, Vincent is prone to health issues. These issues decrease the chance of being able to find a meaningful occupation and entering Gattaca. With a little chance of finding a reasonable occupation, Vincent is often not taken seriously and miscalculated.
Vincent dreams big and desires a visit to space; however, only genetically engineered humans can do so. Just like Vincent, Matt also has big goals to achieve. He constantly wants to learn and study for him to be able to run Opium when El Patron no longer can. The two crave for extremes even though they know that it’s almost impossible for them to do so due to their uniqueness. Nonetheless, the two have the strength, courage and perseverance to reach their anticipated goals.
Matt is continuously being attacked by name calling, horrid, disrespectful treatment and secretive actions; still, Matt was able to learn music and remain studying. He is then hunted to be killed; yet, he still have the integrity to escape the Alacran house into the unknown world. Integrity is also something Vincent contains. Although Vincent’s health issues reduce the strength he maintains, he still has the drive and determination to train daily. Furthermore, Vincent finally challenges his perfect brother to a swimming competition and is successful. He remains confident and doesn’t give up even though he is expected to.
In spite of the fact the two are both undervalued, the characters are able to prove their points. Matt is able to prove to everyone be can survive through thick and thin, even without the guidance of El Patron. Vincent is able to prove to his brother that he can, not only be sent out to space, but also beat him in a swimming competition and save him fro drowning.
Two completely different characters, yet so identical.
The stories Gattaca and House Of The Scorpion have two plots that can be easily compared. Both take place in the near future and both are predictions of what the world’s future may end up as. Matt still lives in a world where naturally conceived babies overpopulate. In fact, he lives in a world where naturally conceived babies are the only kind of human. Anything genetically engineered; such as clones, are considered as animals and things that are only used as extra organs. Vincent lives in the opposite world. His life’s future consists of only genetically engineered, perfect babies. People who are made to be flawless and in no risk of dying young. Natural babies are simply mistakes who really can’t do much for this world. Two complete opposites, yet both so similar.
Matt and Vincent are born different amongst the majority of the beings they live with. They are outcasts. Matt is a clone, which inevitably means he is an animal. A scumbag who is an extra body if anything goes wrong with the first one. He is not only treated with disrespect, but he is also underestimated; just like Vincent. Vincent is a “love child”. With that known fact, he is sold short in every scenario. Because he was naturally conceived, Vincent is prone to health issues. These issues decrease the chance of being able to find a meaningful occupation and entering Gattaca. With a little chance of finding a reasonable occupation, Vincent is often not taken seriously and miscalculated.
Vincent dreams big and desires a visit to space; however, only genetically engineered humans can do so. Just like Vincent, Matt also has big goals to achieve. He constantly wants to learn and study for him to be able to run Opium when El Patron no longer can. The two crave for extremes even though they know that it’s almost impossible for them to do so due to their uniqueness. Nonetheless, the two have the strength, courage and perseverance to reach their anticipated goals.
Matt is continuously being attacked by name calling, horrid, disrespectful treatment and secretive actions; still, Matt was able to learn music and remain studying. He is then hunted to be killed; yet, he still have the integrity to escape the Alacran house into the unknown world. Integrity is also something Vincent contains. Although Vincent’s health issues reduce the strength he maintains, he still has the drive and determination to train daily. Furthermore, Vincent finally challenges his perfect brother to a swimming competition and is successful. He remains confident and doesn’t give up even though he is expected to.
In spite of the fact the two are both undervalued, the characters are able to prove their points. Matt is able to prove to everyone be can survive through thick and thin, even without the guidance of El Patron. Vincent is able to prove to his brother that he can, not only be sent out to space, but also beat him in a swimming competition and save him fro drowning.
Two completely different characters, yet so identical.
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