Category: Gattaca
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Never Let Me Go’ and ‘Gattaca’: Optimism through Pessimism
In both Never Let Me Go and Gattaca they both end optimistically and which I do agree on because at the end of both texts there is something good that happens, that is optimistic. There can be a great satisfaction for the reader or viewer in a storyline that has a conclusive ending, where the…
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Analysis of Kazuo Ishiguros Novel Never Let Me Go and Andrew Niccols Film Gattaca
Kazuo Ishiguros novel Never Let Me Go and Andrew Niccols film Gattaca portray dystopian worlds where many individuals are victim to the discrimination and the pre-determined causes provided by their fate as being classified as sub-humans. In Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro exhibits a dystopian world where many individuals are cloned from others to…
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Theme of Loss of Identity in Andrew Niccols Gattaca and Aliette de Bodards Immersion
Science fiction deals primarily with the effects of imagined or legitimate science upon individuals and/or society. Often, texts of the genre provide commentary on or caution against events occurring in present-day society. Andrew Niccols Gattaca (1997) and Aliette de Bodards Immersion (2012) explore the present-day overdependence on technology, but while Immersion uses character to convey…