Ryan's Character Comparison

Based on the description from the book and the visuals in the movie, Vincent and Matt seem like similar characters. They both seem to be similar looking although Matt may look a little darker than Vincent. They both live in very similar environments, Vincent in his non-genetically enhanced human hating world and Matt in his clone hating world. They both try so hard to fit in but in the end they both realize that they will never fit in to the place where they live. The one difference is that at the beginning Matt is not trying to hide the fact that he is a clone whereas Vincent manages to hide the fact that he is not a genetically altered human by taking over the life of a man named Jerome. Both characters seem to try and avoid conversation about what they really are and if they do have to talk about it, it generally doesn't last very long. In Gattaca since most people don't know about Vincent's true identity, most people talk highly of him or at the least respects him, however in House of the Scorpion, majority of people know that Matt is a clone and therefore seem to have an automatic hatred. When Matt goes into Aztlan though, no one really knows that Matt is in fact a clone, but most people still hate him due to the fact that he is an "Aristocrat" which makes everyone hate him anyways. Some moments where both characters show some of their true colours is when Vincent has a swimming competition with his brother which shows that he always strives to keep up with the genetically altered humans. A moment for Matt is when he and Maria are hiding in the secret passage and listening in on Felicia and Tom as they say some disturbing things. When it comes out that Felicia killed Furball and not Matt, Maria gets upset and Matt tries to comfort her which shows that he is a caring person. Overall I think that the characters are very similar but have a few differences.