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He was the stereotypical outcast down to finest detail. He sat by himself, ate by himself , dreamt of great things and in true Hollywood style left home and took on the job that all people take when they have nothing left, a cleaner. It is up until this point that we know him as Vincent Freeman and not as Jerome Morrow, and up until this point he is no different to most people and does not deserve the status of hero based purely on the traits and characteristics he shows...
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It is up until this point that we know him as Vincent Freeman and not as Jerome Morrow, and up until this point he is no different to most people and does not deserve the status of hero based purely on the traits and characteristics he shows. The process Vincent undertook in order to pass himself off as a superior being, a "Borrowed ladder" and a person worthy of working at Gattaca shows us that this whole time he has been holding these dreams of becoming an astronaught and leaving earth, he has build up such determination and such will to achieve it that he would go to extreme measures such as abandoning his identity, his family who believe he is dead and his former life...
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