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1. What doesthe title make reference to?
2. What is the differencebetweenVincentandAnton´sconception?Explain.
3. Explainthe followingphrases:
a) “It didn´tmatterhowmuch i liedonmyresume.My real resume wasinmy cells.”
b) “The underclass wasn´tdeterminedbysocial statusorskincolornow.No,now we have
discrimiationdowntoascience.”
c) “No matterhowmuch i studied...thebesttestscore inthe worldneedsabloodtesttomatch
it.”
d) “For the geneticallysuperior,successiseasiertoattain,butnot guaranteed.Afterall,there is
no gene forfate.”
e) “Theydon´t care where youwere born.Bloodhasno nacionality.Aslongastheygotwhat they
want,it´s the onlypassportyouneed.”
f) “Eugene had neverbeencalled“utero”,“faithbirth”,“In-valid”.A “valid”he sufferedundera
differentburden:The burdenof perfection.”
4. How didVincentbecome inJerome?
5. What precautionsdidVincenthave tomake whenhe wasinGattaca?
6. What was “Valid”or “In-Valid”?
7. What does “99% probabilityof heartcondition”mean?
8. What do you thinkaboutthisnewwayof classificatingpeople?
9. Researchabout the “Human Genome Project”.
a) What isit?
b) What isthe objective?
10. Do youthinkthat was the movie showsisfarawayfrom reality?

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Gattaca

  • 2. 1. What doesthe title make reference to? 2. What is the differencebetweenVincentandAnton´sconception?Explain. 3. Explainthe followingphrases: a) “It didn´tmatterhowmuch i liedonmyresume.My real resume wasinmy cells.” b) “The underclass wasn´tdeterminedbysocial statusorskincolornow.No,now we have discrimiationdowntoascience.” c) “No matterhowmuch i studied...thebesttestscore inthe worldneedsabloodtesttomatch it.” d) “For the geneticallysuperior,successiseasiertoattain,butnot guaranteed.Afterall,there is no gene forfate.” e) “Theydon´t care where youwere born.Bloodhasno nacionality.Aslongastheygotwhat they want,it´s the onlypassportyouneed.” f) “Eugene had neverbeencalled“utero”,“faithbirth”,“In-valid”.A “valid”he sufferedundera differentburden:The burdenof perfection.” 4. How didVincentbecome inJerome? 5. What precautionsdidVincenthave tomake whenhe wasinGattaca? 6. What was “Valid”or “In-Valid”? 7. What does “99% probabilityof heartcondition”mean? 8. What do you thinkaboutthisnewwayof classificatingpeople? 9. Researchabout the “Human Genome Project”. a) What isit? b) What isthe objective? 10. Do youthinkthat was the movie showsisfarawayfrom reality?