As Madeleine L'Engle rightly said, “because taking away a man's freedom of choice, even the freedom to make the wrong choice, means manipulating him as if he were a puppet and not a person", taking away freedom of choice is equivalent to stripping away humanity. Humanity evolved to have the ability to use the mind for reason and understanding, which separates humans from beasts and machines. It is this ability that allows man to analyze and formulate different choices, and to have freedom. Despite the knowledge that freedom of choice is fundamental to making humans human, social control has always been one of the main reasons to justify the removal of such freedom. Showing the necessity of the loss of freedom for social stability and the problems that arise from it, both The Unincorporated Man and A Clockwork Orange highlight the conflict between control and freedom. The two works suggest that freedom of choice must be taken away for the common good. of the company. In A Clockwork Orange, social security and safety are the driving forces that lead to the removal of freedom from people, especially Alex, the main character. The beginning of the film depicts the struggle of a violent young man exercising free will in an oppressive but safe and stable society. Alex and his gang, called droogs, symbolize free will as they attempt to free themselves from all government restrictions. They indulge in socially shunned vices such as rape and murder, and bring out the dark side of free will by speaking out against a society that encourages safety. Alex's violent nature makes him a threat and, in an attempt to impose order, the government forces Alex to be "transformed beyond recognition" (A Clockwork Orange, Kubrick). T...... middle of paper ......tock. Unable to live the life she wants, Neela, as well as others in The Unincorporated Man, is essentially a tool for her major shareholders to use. Lack of freedom causes people to become mere puppets and dehumanizes them. For utilitarian purposes, such as social security in A Clockwork Orange and economic stability in The Unincorporated Man, freedom must be taken away from people. However, the lack of freedom results in dehumanized people and a cold, inhumane society, which can ultimately lead to chaos and the exact opposite of what the governing bodies are trying to achieve in the first place. Both A Clockwork Orange and The Unincorporated Man show how, to gain control, freedom must be taken away, but yet freedom is necessary to maintain that control, and so the conflict between control and freedom is endless..