After reading "The House Of The Scorpion" and watching the movie "Gattaca" I realized that a lot of comparisons can be be made between the two. The obvious connection than can be made between the two is that the main story line is that the main character, being Matt from "The House Of The Scorpion" and Vincent from "Gattaca", is not excepted into society because of who, or what they are. Though, there is one main difference involving this situation. Matt was not excepted into society because he was genetically altered, by being a clone, and in Vincent's situation, he was not excepted into society because he was not genetically altered, or considered a "perfect" person. So that just shows the difference in how society views genetical altercations in each story. Another thing that is similar in the book was the theme. Both Matt and Vincent overcame the odds and accomplished what they thought was impossible. Vincent managed to go into space when no person that is not "perfect" has ever gone to space. Matt was eventually treated like a real person and became very powerful when before we was treated like an animal and was told that he had no soul. A difference between Matt and Vincent's personalities is that Vincent always wanted to prove people wrong and prove that he is just as good as a "perfect" person. For example, he beat his brother in the swimming competition. Matt on the other hand does his best to stay out of people's way so that people don't hate him more than they already do.
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