Comparing Gattaca And Brave New World

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Genetic modification is one of the most controversial fields in science.The ability to change genetic traits is highly sought after by scientists. With genetic modification scientists could give someone physical and mental traits to make people for specific jobs. This is covered in both Gattaca and Brave New World. These works portray a future where the ability to change someone’s genes has created two different class systems.

In Gattaca, parents can choose the best traits for their child and make them perfect for a high ranking job while natural births have random traits inherited from the combined genes of their mother and father. This means the people with modified traits are a type of genetic bourgeoisie and upper class while natural
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In Brave New World and in Gattaca the main characters John that savage and Vincent are similar in that they both do not fully fit into their society. John was naturally born but his DNA was still modified because his parents had modified DNA. John was raised where no one had modified DNA and did not fit in. Later he got the opportunity to go to the Brave New World where everyone was made in test tube and took somo. Once John was at the Brave New World it did not take him long to realize he does not…

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