Gloria Perez

 The Writers, Directors, and Creators of the Series O Clone (The Clone)

The series O Clon was one of the greatest and most complex stories created by Gloria Perez, a Brazilian writer, in the late 1990s. O Clon is a fictional story that describes how a scientist decides to create a clone from another human being. The story incorporates ethics, morality, religion, and culture from different countries. It is one of the most impressive stories that also discusses individuality and distinctness. The story focuses on a pair of male identical twins. The identical twins are different despite looking very similar. The story describes that each twin is different and unique having his own traits and personalities.

After a plane accident, one of the twins does not survive. To this, a scientist who was related to the twin, can not live with the idea that his favorite twin of the two twins had died. The scientist decides to clone the deceased twin and use science for his own personal gain. At first the scientist states that the reason for his clone experiment was to benefit humanity, yet with time the series shows that he has ulterior and egoistic motives. 

A clone is created based on the cells of one of the twins. The clone is used to create a clone baby and after being born is hidden to see how the experiment progresses. The series asks important questions concerning if such experiment would be ethical and moral. The series describes the need to have healthy skepticism of scientific innovations and discoveries. There are significant questions of if the clone has a soul, is human, or if it understands morality. While the clone grows, there is another dynamic to the story. The story is set in Brazil representing democratic republics and freedom. (The Spanish version is set in the US. The series was first dubbed in other languages and became a success in more than 90 countries and was later adapted and released in other nations in Spanish titled, el Clon, in the late 2000s). The twins were from Brazil. The story also includes Jade, the female protagonist, who is born in Morocco and instructed in the Muslim religion. Jade does not want to be Muslim and instead wants to be autonomous and American. (This is because she does not agree with polygamy and arranged marriages.) She is married to Said who is arrogant, materialistic, and petty. (Jade's uncle, Ali, is positive and not evil, yet had decided to favor the arranged marriage.) 

Jade tries to live her life without drawing too much attention from her husband and tries to be independent from Said. To this Said notices the rebuffs and indifference and decides to marry two other women to spark Jade's envy. Instead of envying the new wives, Jade is relieved that she does no have to focus her attention on Said because he now has other wives. Jade does not care and remains indifferent to Said. Jade's independent character and longing to be free from the arranged marriage allows her to be patient and hopeful of escaping machismo non-complementarianism for America. Jade leaves to America and falls in love with one of the twins, Lucas, who is humble, caring, and positive. Longing for democracy and freedom, Jade appreciates the freedom in America. (There have been news stories of women who fled Islam in the 90s and 2000s for democratic nations since women can not work, get an education, drive, or go to the store by themselves in some stringent Muslim countries. They also do not see women in a complementarian manner.) The clone grows up, falls in love with Jade, envies, covets, and tries to take Jade away from the living twin. Jade decides for the human being over the clone. The story describes the beauty of freedom, autonomy, having independence, and the importance of morality while there is uniqueness and authenticity in each human being. The story is one of the most unique stories of the past century and helps us see the beauty of autonomy.

The Question of Twins

Every individual has had curiosity about how identical twins can look very similar yet be very distinct. Despite twins being born at the same time and looking almost identical, twins are actually very different. Identical twins look very similar yet also can be distinguished based on their facial features. They are not completely the same describing the wonders of GOD Almighty. Aside from physical characteristics, twins also have very different personalities despite being raised together. Having had peers who were twins, both male and female twins tend to be very different and are not the same person. Twins can actually be very different while looking very similar.

In a pair of twins, one of the twins can be introverted, reserved, and quiet while the other twin may be more social, extroverted, and prefer extroversion. (There is even the humorous joke of how there is the good twin and the evil twin.) Twins can like different professions, sports, topics, and be completely different. The television series, the Clone, describes this understanding that while identical twins can look the same, they have different personalities and are distinct persons. They each are independent and distinct souls and not a repetition of the same person. In the series, the Clone, the identical twins are different. Lucas is the introverted, reserved, and quiet individual while his brother is extroverted. Each individual is different and unique displaying the truth of distinctness even with identical twins. (If identical twins are very different then there is no need to compare ourselves to others.)

Healthy Skepticism

The story of the Clone describes the importance of having healthy skepticism about scientific experimentation and innovations. While science is important and can help individuals improve their lives, it is important to understand multiple view points prior to being committed to a single view point. Usually, tyrants and totalitarian dictators attempt to lie and pit people in a us vs. them mentality. This is with the intention to lead to strife and envy. Instead of only understanding a single view point, there is the need to see multiple view points, compare view points, and choose the best option that is logical, ethical, moral, and sound. (If it can also be utilitarian then even better.)

The series the Clone asks the questions of how cloning can actually be used for good or for narcissistic intentions. While scientists in the 1990s and early 2000s began to promote cloning as something revolutionary, there are ethical and moral considerations to keep in mind. In the Clone, the scientist reasons that he must create a clone of the deceased twin to alleviate his inability to cope with the loss of his favorite twin. Instead of finding other manners to cope, he decided to use science for his own narcissistic intentions. The scientist then attempted to describe that the intention was to help humanity. This helps us know that there is the need to have skepticism about science and technological innovations. The series came out almost about the same time that scientists were looking to or had already cloned a sheep, Dolly. The question of cloning was heavily disputed by Christian believers and also by atheists and socialists. Dolly the sheep was created to describe the power of cloning yet it was noted that Dolly aged faster than normal sheep. Dolly actually did not live to the typical age span of other sheep. Cloning in the late 1990s was touted by scientists as an amazing discovery and innovation. The series of the Clone allowed individuals to reason concerning questions of cloning in human beings from how cloning could affect the life span of a cloned individual to the moral questions of if a clone has a soul, is capable of being ethical, and with what intention cloning was being used for. The most important point was that it taught critical reasoning and the need for healthy skepticism in science. 

Questions About Cloning

The series, the Clone, asked pertinent questions concerning how the creation of a human clone can have important implications. Is the creation of a human clone a viable project to launch when there are questions such as: 

Is a clone a human or not?

Does a clone have a soul?

Who does a clone belong to?

Is a clone unique and distinct?

Does a clone have a distinct personality?

Can a clone understand ethics and morality?

Does a clone age faster than a human being?

What is the intention behind cloning?

Can cloning be utilized for nefarious purposes?

Does a clone have feelings?

Are there misapplications for cloning? How can they be prevented?

The clone in the series is fought over between the scientist who created the clone cells and the mother who gives birth to the clone. The scientist becomes obsessed concerning ownership of the clone being that he was created in order to replace the twin that had died. The scientist at first appears to be benevolent but with time begins to want to keep the clone for himself. There is the questioning of who owns the clone. Is the clone like a human being or is the clone like an object? The scientist begins to show that he sees the clone less than a human being and more like an object to possess. This stems from his arrogance of having created a clone. The scientist begins to see the clone as his creation and starts to remove the clone's mother from the picture. The scientist's obsession to clone the departed twin leads to envy and coveting. While justifying his creation with benevolence and saying that it is for the good of mankind, we begin to see in the series that the scientist actually is obsessive and has egoistic motives. The series does an amazing job at displaying the reality of how a clonated person would lead to envy and coveting since there are questions concerning who the clone belongs to. The series also describes in an amazing manner how there could be egoistic and ulterior motives behind cloning and any scientific discovery.

Atheism and Immorality

The scientist who creates the clone is described as an atheist. The scientist does not believe in GOD Almighty and thinks of science as a religion. While attempting to appear righteous and benevolent, the scientist is egotistical and narcissistic. The scientist decides to create a clone so that the deceased twin could keep living. However, this was to gratify his own desire of keeping the favorite twin alive. The clone is created for his own longing. He does not realize that there are multiple implications to creating a clone. The scientist is irrational and unethical. This describes the reality and truth of how the worship of anything that is not GOD Almighty is idolatry and leads to envy and coveting. 

The scientist is idolatrous, does not believe in GOD Almighty, and worships science. While being intelligent, he justifies significant unethical behavior under the banner of benevolence and goodness. The scientist becomes consumed by envy and coveting so much so that he regards the clone as his. The scientist becomes possessive and indifferent to the arguments of the clone's mother and seeks to keep the clone to himself. The scientist uses faulty reasoning and fake benevolence to justify his creation and his lack of ethics. We see how atheism attempts to appear to be "well intentioned" but has nefarious and negative purposes. The series describes how science should not be worshiped being limited and instead should cause individuals to have healthy skepticism of new scientific innovations and new technology.

The Clone is Also Unethical

In the series, we learn that as the clone grows up, he begins to learn from the scientist. While the clone has a mother, the scientist attempts to be closer to the clone even fighting over the clone. The atheist scientist's proximity to the clone may have led the clone to learn negativity and envy. This is a question that results concerning whether the clone is capable of understanding morality or if he is born evil. The series allows individuals to question if a cloned person obtains the personality of the individual that he is cloned from or if he has autonomy to form his own personality? The clone appears to learn from the scientist who essentially sees him as his creation and not a human being. 

The clone goes on to practice envy and coveting. He appears to have the extroverted personality of the deceased twin, yet engages in envy and coveting unlike the deceased twin. The clone grows up and sees Jade in America and feigns being Lucas in order to talk to Jade. Jade does not know that the clone is a clone and not Lucas. The clone falls in love with Jade while Lucas was in a committed monogamous relationship with Jade. The clone envies Lucas and covets Jade. The clone attempts to deceive Jade into believing that he is Lucas on different occasions. Lucas does not know and finds out from the scientist that there is a clone of his deceased twin brother. Lucas is distinct and unique from the clone. Lucas' twin brother was also distinct and unique being different from the clone. Lucas and his brother were close despite having different personalities, yet Lucas does not become close to the clone. Lucas is skeptical of the clone who is hostile to Lucas because of Jade. Jade loves Lucas and does not like the clone despite the clone attempting to deceive Jade.

The Theme of Democracy and Autonomy

The series, the Clone, also describes the importance of autonomy and democratic republics. Another important theme aside from the need to have healthy skepticism, is the gratitude of having autonomy and freedom. The series describes the importance of acknowledging that freedom and autonomy are basic rights that we have in democratic republics such as the United States and Brazil. The lies and deception attempt to make individuals take for granted the rights and liberty that they have in democratic republics. That is why socialism does not want individuals studying history because they then appreciate their rights that are given by GOD Almighty and have been protected by brave and valiant men and women. 

The series describes how in America there are rights and freedom that we appreciate. Jade is not afforded the same rights and is hopeful of living in America. Jade wants to live in a democratic nation and does not want an arranged marriage to Said that could lead to polygamy. Jade dislikes the lack of complementarianism between men and women. She does not care about Said's wealth nor his reputation and instead cares about equity and equality. Jade dreams about being able to escape machismo and live in America having heard about the positives of life in America. Jade is not able to work, get an education, drive, go to the store by herself, nor disagree in arguments with males. Jade is impressive and objects to an arranged marriage to Said. Jade is indifferent to the marriage and instead longs to escape to America. Jade does manage to leave to America and starts a new life. She is grateful of freedom and equality and disdains hypocrisy and machismo (oh how feminism resembles machismo in these times. Two sides of the same stagflated coin.) Jade has gratitude for escaping an oppressive system and lives a life as an American. Jade is happy and also has the liberty to find a boyfriend of her liking. Jade finds Lucas who is one of the twins and begins a relationship. Jade is able to be in a complementarian relationship where both help each other improve instead of struggling for dominance. Jade falls in love with Lucas and is grateful. (Relationships are created to lead to complementarianism where both man and women are equal and are supposed to help each other. Jade did not want to be the third wife of Said (plus possible mistresses) and instead wanted to be equal. The Scriptures do speak about equality and no adultery.) The series questions nonconsentual polygamy. If polygamy is consentual then there is no criticism although monogamy is better and provides for greater stability (this is a criticism of hypocrisy also seen in feminism and socialism apart from jihadi Islam), yet when there is no consent and it is done similar to Said in the series, the Clone, there are logical and ethical objections.

Jade is Independent and a Valiant Woman

The series, the Clone, describes that there are independent and free thinking women who do not like hypocrisy and injustice. Jade is a strong woman that exemplified ideals and values and is neither materialistic nor deceitful and wicked. There are deceitful movies and series that have attempted to say that women have to hate men in order to be empowered and strong while this is a blatant lie from marxist-feminist propaganda to lead to disobedience and sin. Despite going through envy and injustices due to machismo (not having autonomy to drive, get an education, and not being able to argue back with better logic), she does not hate all men. She is not resentful nor bitter and has hope of escaping machismo for autonomy and freedom. Jade is complex and well written and not a sycophant feminist nor evil. Jade believes in autonomy and freedom and keeps being positive. She looks to better herself without hating and envying others.

She does not look to harm and get rid of Said and instead only wants to be far apart from the incongruencies and hypocrisy of machismo. Jade is tough and brilliant and declines being a part of arranged marriages and hypocrisy. She escapes the arranged marriage as soon as she can. She is an amazing character who is intelligent, a non-conformist, and values autonomy over wealth and hypocrisy. She perseveres being an optimist. We learn that she prefers monogamy after seeing that polygamy (and nonconsentual arranged marriages) in her experience, are not just. In America, she has a monogamous relationship and is not a cheating feminist (marxist-feminism has taught idolatrous women that adultery is normal and beneficial to them. Marxist-feminist women are encouraged to have more than two relationships at the same time in order to triangulate and feel accomplished instead of acknowledging that one human being can be enough (while not allowing the male to reciprocate because that would be adultery). We have seen in the post-modern times how one sports athlete, physician, musician, and even actor is not enough? How many concurrent relationships are needed to feel accomplished for marxist feminists? If one relationship takes time, dedication, and effort to build up, how many relationships are needed? The grandparent generation only had one spouse and kept fidelity for all their life until one of the two was no longer living. Grandparents were married for more than 60 years to the same spouse, had children, and never believed the lies of marxist-feminism.) Jade is just and only has Lucas. Lucas only has Jade. The Clone series describes that monogamy is superior and better to polygamy and that despite marxist-feminist deceitfulness (redundancy... I know) propaganda that states that all women are the same, that is not the case. There are amazing men and women that are not socialists and deceitful.

Lucas is Humble and Distinct

Lucas is also an interesting character and very well written. While being introverted and humble, he does not envy his extroverted brother. Lucas is able to live his life being distinct and unique. Lucas does not try to be like his twin brother who is the more popular twin of the two. Lucas acknowledges that he can be distinct without having to compare himself to his brother. The series, the Clone, describes how individuality and uniqueness is preferred over trying to be someone else or conforming to someone else's "standards". Lucas does not look to be like his brother nor tries to conform to the scientist's nor his parent's preferences (the extroverted twin was the favorite twin of his parents and of the scientist who was close to his family). Lucas describes that it is possible to be autonomous and different without conforming to faulty preferences of others and false comparisons. (In idolatrous society, extroversion is preferred over introversion because introverted individuals tend to be more conscientious, equitable, and criticize hypocrisy. There are extroverts who are positive and good also, yet society has a bias against introverted individuals for questioning everything, not accepting false narratives, nor going along with the crowd. Introverts love to learn and tend to question and oppose things that are illogical and unethical. (There are also negative and envious introverts and self-didactic and ethical extroverts.) 

Introverts are also disliked for being more selective and criticizing group think and sycophantry. Introverts also prefer to live in solitude than be surrounded by fake people. (Solitude means appreciating your own self while loneliness means being miserable by yourself.) Lucas does not care about popularity nor being liked and thrives being unique and distinct. Lucas is the introvert that rarely gets the spotlight, yet is interesting for not conforming to other's ideas of him. Lucas' character is probably the best introverted character in a series in the modern television era. (Brazilian series are definitely impressive. The Clone speaks about introversion and extroversion, individuality, ethics and morals, science, and still keeps you interested in the romantic story. Definitely a great series that encourages individuality and uniqueness.)

Authenticity and Individuality

The series, the Clone, describes that individuality and authenticity is preferred to fakeness and deceit. Lucas decides to be unique and distinct not caring what others think of him. He was not hostile to his popular brother and minded his own life. Lucas is able to cope with the death of his brother and move on. The scientist who could not cope with the loss creates a clone of Lucas' twin brother for his own selfish motive. When the clone grows up, he has hostilities against Lucas. Lucas was able to thrive and improve himself over the years. Lucas maintains humbleness and kindness while he gets better over the years. (Lucas improves with age and instructs us that we can be grateful for being different from everyone else. We do not have to change nor decrease ourselves to please anyone. Lucas gets better with age and leaves the false comparisons and resentments in the past where they belong.) 

Lucas sees the positive of life and does not get bogged down by the past. The clone grows up and begins to envy Lucas. Just when Lucas had surpassed the false comparisons with his twin brother, he has to persist knowing that the scientist made a clone of Lucas' twin brother who is envious and hostile to Lucas. Lucas does not get discouraged despite the existance of a clone that looks identical to him. Lucas is able to be industrious, authentic, and true to himself. Lucas does not look to be hostile to the clone and keeps living his life despite renewed false comparisons between Lucas and the clone. Lucas had matured from his past and perseveres with positivity. The clone envies and hates Lucas for having the affection of Jade. The clone sees Lucas' relationship and covets Jade. The clone stalks, covets, lies, and deceives in order to be close to Jade. Lucas defends himself from the hostilities of the clone being that the scientist who made the clone was close to Lucas' family and the clone is by consequence also close to the scientist. The scientist pampers the clone and sees him as his personal creation. Lucas persists despite opposition from the clone. Once Jade learns that the clone is a clone and not Lucas, she repudiates the clone and chooses Lucas. The Clone series tells us that it is better to be authentic even if there is opposition and envy. Lucas never seeks to please his parents nor the scientist after maturing and looks to live his life being unique. Lucas does not conform to the pressure applied to him to be like his popular extroverted brother and later is not discouraged by the existance of a clone. Lucas persists with maturity and authenticity. The Clone series instructs us that it is better to be distinct and different than lose oneself attempting to conform to the false comparisons of society. Individuality is preferred over conformity and lack of individuality. Lucas is distinct and unique deciding to not have resentments nor hostilities and seeing the positive side of life. Lucas enjoyed his life and never looked back and that allowed him to not compare himself to a clone. (Individuality and authenticity are described in Positive Psychology as important and help an individual improve. Positive people tend to appreciate individualism and authenticity. Positive people do not conform to flawed standards and disdain conformity that looks to revile and envy uniqueness and distinctness. This is seen in Jane Loevinger's theory of development.)