Film Name: GATTACA
Director / Writer: Andrew Niccol
Producers: Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, and Stacey Sher
Co-Producer: Gail Lyon
Main Characters: Ethan Hawk as Jerome Morrow / Vincent
Uma Thurman as Irein
Jude Law as Eugene / Jerome Morrow
Summary of Film:
The film starts out in the “not-too-distant future”. The setting is a dark almost surreal view of Nineteen-Fifty Retro. In fact, every object in the film has a Fifties look to it, yet every thing was operated with future technology. For example the car that the main character Ethan Hawk drove was a vintage model automobile with an electric motor. The main idea of the film was centered in the technology of gene manipulation in the fetus to create a more desirable socially acceptable child. The genealogist could take the zygote and determine sex, potential for disease and physical characteristics. Then change any of these at will. In the case of the main character, I will refer to him at this point as Vincent, was referred to as an In-valid, Faith Birth, or Utero because his parents conceived him with out the help of a genealogist with less than desirable results. Vincent had a “bum ticker” with a life expectancy of only 30.2 years. All of his flaws were pointed out seconds after his birth with only one-drop of his blood.
Over the years of a less than productive life Vincent realized that he wanted to become an astronaut but knew he would be rejected. You see he wasn’t rejected because of the color of his skin or his sex these are a bias of the past. He would be rejected because of his DNA or because he had a less than desirable gene code. A new way of discrimination was born out of technology with the same prejudicial outcome.
Vincent decides to seek the help of a person in the black market of “gene reassignment”. This man finds the people who have been dealt a bad hand by fate instead of by genes. Enter Jerome an excellent specimen of perfect health, which broke his back after stepping in front of a moving automobile. Jerome is given the status of Valid, Maid Man, or Vetro in society. Now Vincent assumes the identity of Jerome in public while Jerome provides Vincent with all of the necessary body matter needed to pass as Jerome. This includes blood, hair, dead skin, urine, and any other body matter you can take DNA samples from.
Brave New World starts off in a factory of developing humans. The director is walking around a group of people showing them how humans are made. They have changed their society to all be born without parents. People cringe at the words mother and father. They make babies in test tubes and develop them the way they want them to be. The government, which is called the controller, does this so his society does not have any real connections with anyone. They do not want them to experienc...
If people are told that they are not good enough, they start to believe they are not good enough. Vincent who is an invalid defies the odds and fools the system to reach his goal of going into space. He believes he is not defined by
In Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA IV), you play the role of an Eastern European immigrant who has come to Liberty City to visit his self-proclaimed ‘successful’ cousin, Roman. After making the journey, Niko finds that his cousin is actually stuck in a cycle of debt and struggle and has been lying about his large mansion and beautiful women. After spending some time with Roman, Niko finds that his cousin is being harassed by local loan sharks. Niko must commit illegal activities for the loan sharks in order to eradicate Roman’s debt. As a result, he must enter the underground world of drugs and violence. Soon after, Roman discovers that his girlfriend is cheating on him with Niko’s boss, Vlad, and is heartbroken. When Niko confronts Vlad, he shows no remorse and Niko decides to take revenge on behalf of his cousin. Niko ends up killing Vlad which leads to both Niko and Roman being kidnapped and forced to work for Vlad’s boss. After this episode, Niko reveals to Roman that he did not actually come to Liberty City to visit his cousin; he came to seek vengeance against an army companion who betrayed Niko and left him for dead along with the rest of his company.
Borderline personality disorder is a hard-mental disease to diagnose, according to The National Institute of Mental health the definition of borderline personality disorder is: “… a serious mental disorder marked by a pattern of ongoing instability in moods, behavior, self-image, and functioning. These experiences often result in impulsive actions and unstable relationships” (pg 1). When we look at that definition alone this is a very vague description of the disorder that anyone that is experiencing just a rough time in life, can be diagnosed with this mental disorder. Roughly about 3 million Americans are diagnosed with borderline personality disorder a year. To find out who really has this mental disorder we should look at case studies,
Some of the key components of BPD include self-harm, or suicidal thoughts and actions, dichotomous thinking, and low emotional granularity. People that present with reoccurring suicidal thoughts and actions, combined with a fear of abandonment, are commonly diagnosed with BPD. These two characteristics make BPD easily recognizable, but this diagnoses is often not used. The emotional volatility, recurrent crises, and self-injurious behaviors of those with BPD are often seen as willfully manipulative episodes, and not a sign of illness. (Gunderson, 2011) Yet, it is important to take these thoughts and actions seriously, as one never knows when someone may actually decide to end their life.
In the past, BPD was believed to be a set of symptoms between problems associated with mood and schizophrenia. These symptoms were believed to be comprised of distortions of reality and mood problems. A closer look at this disorder has resulted in the realization that even though the symptoms of this disorder reveal emotional complexity, this disorder is more closer to other personality disorders, on the basis of the manner in which it develops and occurs in families, than to schizophrenia (Hoffman, Fruzzetti, Buteau &ump; Neiditch, 2005). The use of the term borderline has however, resulted in a heated controversy between the health care fraternity and patients. Patients argue that this term appears to be somehow discriminatory and that it should be removed and the disorder renamed. Patients point out that an alternative name, such as emotionally unstable personality disorder, should be adopted instead of borderline personality disorder. Clinicians, on the other hand, argue that there is nothing wrong with the use of the term borderline. Opponents of this term argue that the terms used to describe persons suffering from this disorder, such as demanding, treatment resistant, and difficult among others, are discriminatory. These terms may create a negative feeling of health professionals towards patients, an aspect that may lead to adoption of negative responses that may trigger self-destructive behavior (Giesen-Bloo et al, 2006). The fact however, is that the term borderline has been misunderstood and misused so much that any attempt to redefine it is pointless leaving scrapping the term as the only option.
The book opens on the factory floor of the reproduction plant. What do they make here? Humans. Here in this muti-level factories people are made, not just the bodies but the minds too. In this “Brave New World” Aldous Huxley created babies are decanted not born. The cast system is no longer a frame of mind it is the devilment, mass cloning and use of chemicals to mutate or under develop embryos was used to create classes of people that could be called less human. As you travel up in this factory you see the training that children are put through so they will never question their place in society. Infants made for the lower classes are electrocuted when they move towards books or flowers because “You couldn’t have the lower cast wasting the communities time over books,” (Find and finish quote) Then moving up there are hallways full of dormitories and there peacefully sleeping are children of every age and cast and in the back ground is the soft murmur of a voice repeating every lesson of society. Never be unhappy simply use soma “A gram in better than a dam.” Cast discrimination “I’m so glad I not a gama.” Economic use “More stiches, less riches.”(55) And social behaviors like promiscuity and birth control. The ‘controllers’ of this world made the people that made up the world.
In a world with abortion rights issues, the Zika Virus and a declining birth rate, countries are beginning to put the pressure on their citizens to procreate for the future of their nation, but is procreation the correct solution? The birth of a child causes significant changes for the lives involved around that birth, and creates new identities for all involved: mother, father, sister, aunt, grandmother, etc., killing what they used to know about themselves and being reborn as the birth of that child dictates. The cycle of death and rebirth, both for the child and by the child, make reoccurring appearances throughout the movies ' Up, Children of Men and UltraViolet. By analyzing a wide variety of movies that deal with the Child as the ultimate
Designing life from conception is an intriguing concept. Brave New World’s World State is in control of the reproduction of people by intervening medically. The Hatchery and Conditioning Centre is the factory that produces human beings. Ovaries are surgically removed, fertilized and then fetuses are kept incubated in specifically designed bottles. There are five castes which include: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon. Each caste is destined to have a different role; for example, an Epsilon, the lowest caste, is not capable of doing an Alpha’s job. This is because “the fetuses undergo different treatments depending on their castes. Oxygen deprivation and alcohol treatment ensure the lower intelligence and smaller size of members of the three lowers castes. Fetuses destined to work in the tropical climate are heat conditioned as embryos” (Sparknotes Editors). When producing ...
In modern day now women are able to genetically choose what they’re baby would be like. Sperm banks are required to have a profile of each man that donates sperm. This gives the opportunity to women to choose what kind of characteristics their baby would inherit. Which this concept ties into brave new world. In the book they are created by machine basically but multiple eggs will produce more than 40 or about 40. But if you were going to be high class you would be created by one egg. And he high class people were in control of what kind of people they needed. If you weren’t going to be all there you would be injected with alcohol etc. It was a world that was controlled and cruel. Such as the modern world due to the fact that women are giving the opportunity to pick the kind of characteristics that they please for their children. Which most people would think would be absurd. Another way of doing such thing is doing genetic mutation. This basically is a permanent change in the DNA sequence. There are three ways a genetic mutation can possibly occur. One it would be passed down and the mutation would inherit. Also it can progressively occur over time without the person knowing it’s actually happening. Or it can be altered which a genetic message is carried to the DNA and changes it. There are so many ways to alter or choose what kind of genetics or DNA you would like to choose for the human being you create. If it’s one thing modern society would have to say it’d be why create something piece by piece when you can create something on your own with out no genetic mutations or any sperm donation. You shouldn’t interfere with what you create at all. In the brave new world Linda was ashamed that she was pregnant because babies weren’t...
BPD is a complex disorder in a sense that the symptoms such as depression, anxiety and substance abuse may cause a misdiagnosis thus overlooking BPD completely (Biskin & Paris, 2013). This personality disorder has also been known to occur simultaneously with anxiety disorders, eating disorders and bipolar mood disorders (Butcher, Mineka & Hooley, 2014). In addition, the prevalence of BPD decreases in older individuals (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).
There are no families in the Brave New World; as the Director of Hatcheries explains to a group of students at the outset of the novel, every aspect of this hyper-modernized society is designed to maximize happiness, stability and efficiency. Emotional attachment has thus become highly taboo, to the point where the word “mother” is considered an expletive and long-term relationships are forbidden. Rather than being birthed naturally, children are created in a factory; embryos are decanted on an assembly line, designed before and conditioned and hypnotized after birth to embrace their “inescapable social destiny.” (16) Due to these processes, outsiders and free thinkers are all but unheard of here, although a very few have managed to survive.
An estimated 1.6%-5.9% of the adult population in the United States has BPD, with nearly 75% of the people who are diagnosed being women. Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder include Frantic efforts to avoid being abandoned by friends and family, Unstable personal relationships that alternate between idealizations, Distorted and unstable self-image, Impulsive behaviors that can have dangerous outcomes, Suicidal and self-harming behavior, Periods of intense depressed mood, irritability or anxiety lasting a couple hours/days, Chronic feelings of boredom or emptiness, Inappropriate, intense or uncontrollable anger - often followed by shame and guilt, and Dissociative feelings. The three main factors that could cause this mental illness are Genetics, Environmental factors, and Brain function. This illness can only be diagnosed by a mental health professional after a series of interviews with the patient and family/friends of the patient. The patient must also have at least five of the nine symptoms of this illness in order to be diagnosed. The most common treatment for this illness is some form of psychotherapy. Some other treatment options are to prescribe medications and if needed a short-term
In this new technological society, eugenics, which is the concept of bettering one’s genes, has created a social prejudice against humans who come from a natural birth. Vincent is part of this lower class while his brother is genetically produced and favored by his own family. It is shown in every aspect of society, including the choosing of candidates for jobs. If you were natural birth, you had the menial jobs such as janitor but if you were a test tube baby, you could have a desk job with higher pay. Vincent, who tries to exert his free will, decides to pass this system by taking on a new identity of Jerome who is deemed as the perfect man. His hard work and determination leads him out of his confinement of social and physical expectations. For example, coming from a natural birth, it is already determined that he is weak and have significant heart problems. His brother on the other hand, has great physical abilities. As young kids, they played a game of who can go further out into the sea. After a certain amount of time, Vincent suddenly has this freedom of biological causation and wins the game against his brother. This proves that not only was he able to surpass the nature of his birth, but also his expectations. He is able to decide to take on a different path that he was
People with Borderline Personality Disorder tend to view the world as simple as possible. People who view the world like this, confuse the actions of others. (Hoermann et al, 2005) Recurrent thoughts about their relationships with others, lead them to experience extreme emotional reactions, great agony which they have a hard time controlling, which would result in engaging in self-destructive behaviors. Diagnosing a patient with this disorder can be challenging which is why is it is labeled as one of the difficult ones to diagnose. (Hoermann et al, 2005)