Minority Report

The debate between fate and freewill is a ever longing debate discussed in multiple different types of literature such as in Philip K Dick’s book The Minority Report. The minority reports discusses the issue between rights and freedom and completely enclosed safety both coming at a cost. Although throughout the novel Dick wavers back between the two representing his thoughts through his main character Anderton who eventually decides on the freedom of rights agreeing with the quote “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety”, which was said by Benjamin Franklin a founding father in the structure of this nation. Philip K, Dick develops this pre-crime system to eliminate 99.8 percent of crime in the city. It allows for the government to have complete control of the people stripping away all rights of theirs using safety as the justification for their doings. From the outside perspective it seems like a flawless world but as Dick points out its appearance is just an allusion. Dick shows his belief for his support of freedom and rights through Anderton conscious development and eye opener experiences of the corruption of the system.
Everyman is innocent until proven guilty is the guidelines of how a freedom and society is based on contrary to the one established in, The Minority Report. After further analyzing this dystopia it further resembles a rotten peach giving an impression of a healthy nutritious pear on the outside when in reality its rotten on the inside. After peeling away at this pre-crime system Dick shows the reader how this system is not preventing crime but redistributing it causing the government to be the enemy. As the system is built on predicting crime it allows the government to arrest any individual on the street with the reasoning that in sometime in their life they will commit a crime. With this setup it gives the government full power over the whole nation allowing