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Fitzpatrick 1 Christy Fitzpatrick Radley EH 121-03 22 April 2008 Human Cloning: Beneath the Surface In the 2000 science fiction movie The Sixth Day, the height of human cloning and the way people perceive it– or desire for it to be perceived– manifests in such a creative way that the whole concept transcends ordinary inquiry. It may prompt dozens of questions, some of which may begin with “can cloning really do this? Not only does the ” film cover the gamut of the cloning process, but it also lacks one element–truth. This “ Hollywood idea of cloning, along with that of books and television, influences humans to ” associate specific feelings or images with the process. Often culminating from wild imaginations, ideas of clones as “brainless monsters or, in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s case ” in The Sixth Day, identity thieves– run rampant through the majority of movie-goers or anybody who picks up a book. The thoughts of identity theft or eventual loss of diversity due to cloning appear to be legitimate concerns and thus require focus. To the public, misunderstandings regarding the cloning process as well as a clone’s identity need immediate resolution so that it no longer plays the role of“entertaining movie plot to non” scientists. Before dismissal, it is first appropriate to examine the various claims that comprise the human cloning “scare. A common concern stereotypes clones as devoid of ” physical or personality differences from those of the cloned individual. According to the misconception, the clone would begin life at the same age as the cloned individual and

Fitzpatrick 2 possess the same memories, characteristics, bad habits, interests, and intelligence. Schwarzenegger’s character in The Sixth Day, for example, never cognizes that he is a clone because of the shared memory that exists between him and his original self; from the moment he came into the world he knew where he lived, to whom he was married, whether he had children, and his birthday. This...