Gattaca and the chariot analogy

Gattaca was released in 1997 Vincent Freeman has always fantasized about traveling into outer space, but is grounded by his status as a genetically inferior "in-valid." He decides to fight his fate by purchasing the genes of Jerome Morrow, a laboratory-engineered "valid." He assumes Jerome's DNA identity and joins the Gattaca space program, where he falls in love with Irene. An investigation into the death of a Gattaca officer complicates Vincent's plans. 


In this movie they base everything off of the human genes which they see as a way to distinguish between superior and inferior people. This goes against the idea that a person is more than one part of all that parts that make them up. Vincent eventually challenges his genetically superior brother to see who can swim further. Based off what the movie is stating his brother who is genetically better should win easily. However Vincent ends up winning because he leaves nothing in the tank for the swim back. He uses his determination and human spirit to out swim his brother. This demonstrates that a person is like a chariot which does not work without all of the parts of the chariot. In the same a way a person is not just one aspect of a person it is all of the different physical and psychological parts of the person. When I first watched this movie in my high school chemistry class I did not realize the reference this movie was making to philosophy but now after taking this class I see how apart it is that philosophy is worked into a lot more movies than most people notice in today world.