Anthony Burgess, Selective Individualist
             It is often said that life is full of choices and the choices you make is what
             makes you yourself. Society, however, has since the dawn of time tried to control
             the thoughts of individuals by forcing ideas upon them that destroys the person on
             a mental and emotional level while crushing their physical well-being. With the
             thoughts of a perfect world, people often forget that when you force a society to
             conform to standards you also kill the society's existence in the process, making it
             more machine that human. It takes a strong and educated person to realize these
             mistakes made by society and try to show others why it's wrong to try force
             conformity. Anthony Burgess' belief that "a man who cannot choose ceases to be
             a man" is exemplified in most of his works, but most notably in A Clockwork
             Orange in which a so-called good society tries to change the psyche of a troubled
             Born John Anthony Burgess Wilson, Anthony Burgess is a man of great
             stature and respect. "A big man of sturby, ramshackle appearance, with a blunt
             disarming manner and awesome energy (Clemons 56)." He loved life and
             expressed it in his works of literature. Born in Manchester, England during the
             influenza epidemic, during which his mother and sister passed away soon after his
             birth, Burgess' was ignored by his father who he received little to no attention
             from. This, however, allowed him to create the thoughts and ideas which he
             preaches. He was a man of little religious belief because he questioned why man
             was put on earth. Burgess believed that people should live life in the present not
             for the future, which labeled him an anarchist by the church of England. He didn't
             mind the accusations though, he was content with the life he led. (Clemons 56)
             Anthony Burgess was a frail child, secluded from the world. At the
             age of four he used his time to try and discover a ta...