Gattaca Film Questions?

1. The opening of the film features two quotes that seem to express opposing viewpoints. What are they saying? (in your own words)

2. As a first reaction, do you agree with one of these quotes more than the other? Explain your answer.

3. What do you think of the information the new mother instantly got when her child was born? Is knowing this kind of information a good idea? explain your answer.

4. The narrator says, 閳ユ发y real resume was in my cells.閳?What does he mean by that?

5. When employers and other agencies are getting 閳ユ笅llegal peeks閳?through handshakes, saliva from envelopes, etc., what is it that they閳ユ獧e looking at or analyzing in those samples? (In other words, how does something like a person閳ユ獨 saliva give them information about that person?)

6. The 閳ユ竷onsultant閳?who is going to help Vincent hide his genetic identity says about Jerome, 閳ユ脯ou could go anywhere with this guy閳ユ獨 helix tucked under your arm.閳?What does he mean?

7. Why is it important for Vincent to get rid of loose hair, fingernails, and skin?

8. What does he mean when he refers to his 閳ユ笅nvalid self?閳?br> 9. People in this story believe that DNA determines everything, and 閳ユ笜o one exceeds his potential閳?(as it is interpreted from DNA). What do you think of that?

10. A girl is at a bank-like window handing over a piece of hair from a man she just kissed. What閳ユ獨 going on? Why is she doing that?

11. Why does Irene offer Vincent one of her hairs? Why is this a dating ritual in the culture of the movie?

12. Irene and Vincent attend a concert by a 12-fingered pianist, and she comments afterward that the 閳ユ笡iece can only be played with 12閳?fingers. Do you suppose (if the man閳ユ獨 parents had been choosing characteristics) they would have allowed a 12-fingered baby to be born? What are some of the problems that could arise if parents chose all the characteristics of their children?

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Gattaca Film Questions?

Is this for school? If so, you should watch the movie and answer these questions yourself! ;)