No matter the criminal, it is more wicked of the Government to take away someone else’s free will for their own benefits. They are sending a message to citizens that maintaining the stability of the State is above fairness and happiness of citizens, Therefore, this demonstrates the importance of free will because without it, we would not be human, but more like machines. This is portrayed by F.Alexander who remarks that “They have turned you into something other than a human being. You have no power or choice any longer. You are committed to socially acceptable acts, a little machine capable only of good” (Burgess 115). The power of choice distinguishes humans from machines. In the novel, a ‘clockwork orange’ is used to describe what would become of us if we were taken away from our choices. Goodness should be out of choice. Choice is what makes us human, and without it we would become something like a machine, something as unnatural as a clockwork
No matter the criminal, it is more wicked of the Government to take away someone else’s free will for their own benefits. They are sending a message to citizens that maintaining the stability of the State is above fairness and happiness of citizens, Therefore, this demonstrates the importance of free will because without it, we would not be human, but more like machines. This is portrayed by F.Alexander who remarks that “They have turned you into something other than a human being. You have no power or choice any longer. You are committed to socially acceptable acts, a little machine capable only of good” (Burgess 115). The power of choice distinguishes humans from machines. In the novel, a ‘clockwork orange’ is used to describe what would become of us if we were taken away from our choices. Goodness should be out of choice. Choice is what makes us human, and without it we would become something like a machine, something as unnatural as a clockwork