Blog 10 Gattaca

According to the author George J. Anna “the new ideal human, the genetically engineered ‘superior’ human, will almost certainly come to represent ‘the other’. If history is a guide, either the normal humans will view the ‘better’ humans as the other and seek to control or destroy them or vice-versa”. As we know, the concept of the other is the opposite personality. The movie Gattaca for example, shows how human treat “the other”. In the movie Vicent is guy who has the probability to live up to 30 years and have a weak heart. He faces discrimination because of his health status and the only way to accomplish his dream (to become an astronaut) is to borrow another identity. Throughout the movie we can see how the “better” human (those who qualifies to become an astronaut) discriminate those who does not have the requirement. Even in human history we can find how the “better” humans seek to control the “other”. In the 1950S and '60s -for instance- there was discrimination toward “Black” people. That is how humans treat "the other".