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Who Is The Protagonist In Gattaca
A passionate, self-willed and persistent character yet an in-valid. Vincent Freeman, a character in Andrew Niccols film “Gattaca” achieves more, whilst being imperfect whereas the perfect not so much. Gattaca focuses on the perfection and the high expectations but not so many achieve as much as Vincent does. In the film, Anton Freeman, his younger brother has several rounds with him in the game ‘Chicken’ and Anton would win all the time, a sudden change occurs where Vincent comes out on top. Throughout the film a strong bond formally connects Irene and Vincent, although Vincent is the only in-valid to achieve, there are many perfectionists who achieve a lot also.
The ‘Chicken’ game is a game that Vincent and his brother Anton played when

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