Blog Post #5: Matt vs. Vincent

Both Matt and Vincent are discriminated and Matt is hated just because they are different. Matt is hated because he is artificial, he is a clone and Vincent is discriminated because he is not. In Gattaca, the inky way to go up into space is to be artificial. In the Happens that both of ththe future... Only a couple people respect and don't mind Matt like Celia, Tam Lin and Maria. And Maria is just like Irene in Gattaca. If I was Matt or Vincent, I would be so happy to be liked for who I was and so grateful but it seems that Matt isn't always so grateful. The thing with Vincent is that man, he is giving Vincent his DNA and blood so he would pass all of the ID tests. "No matter how much I trained or how much I studied, my best test scores wouldn't matter, unless I had my blood test to go with it." Meaning that nit didn't matter how hard he tried, he would never get into space unless he is on of the artificial, one of the "better" humans.

Matt doesn't really understand until the last chapters why he is mistreated and why everyone hates him just because he is a come while on the other hand Vincent understand completely why no body would accept him. This is a huge difference between Vincent and Matt. Both of them are trying to prove and they both exceed expectations. Vincent beat his Jerome in the swimming challenge and Matt has become smarter than all of the other Alacrans. And Matt is also a clone so it is very uncommon, and the Alacrans think that its impossible for a clone to be smart. Matt and the seven other clones are the only ones who have never been de-brained. 

Matt and Vincent: The Same and Different?

Two stories about practically the exact opposite of each other... Gattaca & House of the Scorpion & and they are both in the future. In House of the Scorpion, everyone hates people like Matt; Clones, but in Gattaca they discriminate against people who aren't genetically modified, like Vincent. I'm thinking that Matt and Vincent have very similar personalities and what their actions are, because they both have determination, and want to prove their worth something, and discovered their identities after going through what they had. Matt was very confused with himself in the first part of the story, because Celia told him many lies to keep him happy and also so that he didn’t run away. I think Celia later found that Matt is worth something because of all the great things he did, and saved him from El Patrón. I think Vincent had a okay idea of who he was in the beginning, because he knew his family and they were there, while Matt only had Celia, but Vincent also didn’t really know what his real purpose is until later on.


One thing I think is weird how both stories have entirely different views on Clones, like I don't think it should be such a big matter in the first place, but in their view it is very big. The people in house of the Scorpion they hate on clones and how they want to get rid of them and consider them livestock. I think anyone who's living should be treated equally, its sort of like the issue of racism, only this is like geneticism or some name you would call it. It seems both of the characters don't like who they are and they try to hide it. Matt in Aztlán lied to the other boys, so they would think he is a normal person, but even after finding out in the Plankton Factory they still want to help (Ton-Ton, Chacho, Fidelito). Vincent also tried to hide his identity from everyone else so they would let him go to space and they would think of him differently, but in Vincent's case only a few people knew who he was, and close to the end of it too, but they didn't really care after because they saw what great potential he had and accepted it.


-discrimination through genetics
-Determination and self worth
-both prevailed in life-threatening situations
-discovered their identities