When first thought of Matt and Vincent the first
comparison that came to my mind was about the girls in there lives and what
they were willing to do for them. Both individuals were willing to risk their
lives to be able to be with the one they loved. Although that sounds very
"General" I did have one specific incident in mind for both of the
men that I found to be quite similar.
In The House Of the Scorpion Matt and Maria agree
to meet in the secret passageway that Matt had found. For the first little
while, in order for Matt to get here he had to sneak out and sneak past people
who, if had seen him, would shave tried to hurt or kill him.
Although people were not trying to kill Vincent,
the scene that I found most resembles thus of Matts was when Vincent was trying
to cross the road without his contacts. Both gentlemen were aiming to be with
the one they loved, or were falling in love with, and both risked their lives
in a sense to be with that person.
Although these two characters lead very different lives
being that in one, humans are the kings and queens of the world and the other,
clones are taking over, these two people can relate very well.
In Gattaca, Vincent is told that he can't do certain
things like, go to space, because he is human. In HoS, Matt is told that he cannot
do some things, like have a life outside of El Patrón, because he is a clone.
In order to prove these people wrong, both individuals try to hide their
genetic make-up in order to prove a point to the world and the people who disbelieve
in them.
The final aspect that I found most important
between the two is that in the end of both stories, even though the two are
very different, one being human the other being a clone, both takes over the
originals identity. Matt being the clone of El Patrón, as soon as he dies Matt
is the rightful owner of his identity now, and takes his place in the world,
not at "Matt The Clone" but has the new and improved El Patrón.
As for Vincent, his ending is the same but in a
different way, if that makes sense. Vincent is not a clone, or rather, un
natural baby. He is himself and no one else is like him. So because he has been
pretending to be someone else, and that someone has now passed, Vincent is
unable to get the supplies he needs to continue to portray the image of him
being Jarome for very much longer.
This being a problem is means that although for a little while, both
individuals will be similar in the fact that they have the only copy of
specific DNA on the planet at that moment, Vincent will only be able to keep up
the faćad for so long before everyone will know his secret.
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