Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Blog #3

                          A World Where Dystopia Exist. 

Draft one:
             

                  Dystopia, is an idea of a world where nothing but horror lives. A place where hope dies and fear increases. In the movie "Gattaca", starring Ethan Hawking and Uma Thurman, is a place in the future where anybody can be genetically engineered. Meaning there is a possibility that they can have no diseases, the better genes from the parents,  and they can be great at everything. However this movie portrays the fact that science can't always be perfect, that there is no such thing as the "perfect human".
                Humans live their life by trying to make themselves better than what they happen to be at the moment. Its humanness to learn and make effort into something by practicing to be the better one. As said by George J.Annas, "If genetic engineering techniques work, are there human qualites we should try to temper and others we should try to enhance?". Meaning Even though you can be Genetically Engineered, doesn't mean you can be the best at something without dedication and practice its what makes us "human". In the movie the character Gnemore, was genetically engineered as a baby, he was suppose to be what people think now as the golden child. Someone who was smart, great health and happened to a wonderful swimmer, however he always ended up being second best no matter what. That's because someone always striving for more.
               Vincent was born a "god" child meaning that his parents didn't want him to be engineered, but by doing so, Vincent was at risk 99% of dying by the age of 30. For they're younger son Antone, he was genetic engineered to be the human people strive to be.Vincent realized that  their was a big difference between the two from the look his parents gave them. As you usual Vincent and Antone had a game where they tried to see who swimmed all the way to the end, where mostly Antone always won but one day everything changed. From Vincent working hard and being determined he beat his younger brother at the race, making everything possible. It puts Gattaca's utopian image to shame.


Question : Did i state a thesis, or do i have a good thesis to begin my essay ?

1 comment:

  1. i believe you did state your thesis as you believe Gattaca is a dystopia and your supporting it through out your essay, so yea i think its a good thesis.

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