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| ⚫ | '''"Choice"''' is one of the major themes of ''[[BioShock]]'', and is inherent in [[Andrew Ryan]]'s personal philosophy. The theme of self-determination and the question of destiny in the game is embodied by this phrase. During the game, the player, [[Jack]], is given many choices, both tactically and morally, but his actions turn out to be illusory: his will had been controlled and driven by [[Frank Fontaine]], under the guise of [[Atlas]], via the phrase he'd been conditioned to obey, "[[Would you kindly]]..." |
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| + | Ryan, once he identified that Jack was actually his illegitimate son, demonstrated controlling Jack with the code phrase, forcing him to obey pet commands to convince him of how powerless he really was. Andrew Ryan then used this phrase to have Jack kill him. |
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| − | One of the major themes of ''[[Bioshock]]'', and [[Andrew Ryan|Andrew Ryan's]] personal motto. |
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| ⚫ | The theme of self-determination and the question of destiny in the game is embodied by this phrase. During the game, the player, [[Jack]], is given many choices, both tactically and morally, but his actions |
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| + | {{Quote|Stop, would you kindly? ''(Jack reacts instantly, and obeys the command involuntarily)'' 'Would you kindly'... Powerful phrase. Familiar phrase? ''(Jack experiences a cascade of memories of Atlas including the phrase in his "suggestions")'' Sit, would you kindly? ''(Jack obeys)'' Stand, would you kindly? ''(Jack obeys)'' Run! Stop! Turn. ''(Jack obeys)'' A man chooses, a slave obeys. ''(Ryan hands Jack his golf club)'' Kill! ''(Jack obeys, striking him with the club)'' A man chooses! ''(Jack strikes again)'' A slave obeys! ''(Jack strikes again)'' OBEY! ''(Jack kills Ryan with a final, deadly blow)'' |Andrew Ryan}} |
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| − | Ryan, once he identified who Jack really was, first openly controlled the player with the code phrase, forcing him to do humiliating actions with pet commands, then used it to have the player kill him. |
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| − | :'''The assassin has overcome my final defense, and now he has come to murder me. In the end, what separates a man from a slave? Money? Power? No... A man chooses; a slave obeys. You think you have memories - a farm, a family, an airplane, a crash, and then this place. Was there really a family? Did that airplane crash, or... was it hijacked, forced down, forced down by something less than a man, something bred to sleepwalk through life until they are activated by a simple phrase, spoken by their kindly master. Was a man sent to kill, or a slave? A man chooses, a slave obeys. Come in.[opens door] Stop, would you kindly. "Would you kindly". Powerful phrase. Familiar phrase? [Cascade of memories of Atlas ordering Jack with the phrase "would you kindly".] Sit, would you kindly? STAND... would you kindly? RUN! STOP! Turn... A man chooses, a slave obeys! [Hands Jack his golf club.] KILL! [struck in the head by the club] A MAN CHOOSES... [another strike] ...A SLAVE OBEYS! [another strike] OBEY! [Ryan is killed with a final blow.]''' |
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| + | However, Jack's lack of choice is ultimately proven false as one act that Jack does have a choice in -- saving/harvesting the [[Little Sisters]] -- defines who he is: the savior of the Little Sisters who gives them a chance at normal lives (something Jack was denied since birth) or the power-hungry king of Rapture, not unlike both of his "fathers" Andrew Ryan and Frank Fontaine. |
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| − | Jack's new quest: self-determination. |
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Revision as of 03:34, 6 March 2014
"A man chooses. A slave obeys."
- “A man has a choice... I chose the impossible.”
- ― Andrew Ryan
"Choice" is one of the major themes of BioShock, and is inherent in Andrew Ryan's personal philosophy. The theme of self-determination and the question of destiny in the game is embodied by this phrase. During the game, the player, Jack, is given many choices, both tactically and morally, but his actions turn out to be illusory: his will had been controlled and driven by Frank Fontaine, under the guise of Atlas, via the phrase he'd been conditioned to obey, "Would you kindly..."
Ryan, once he identified that Jack was actually his illegitimate son, demonstrated controlling Jack with the code phrase, forcing him to obey pet commands to convince him of how powerless he really was. Andrew Ryan then used this phrase to have Jack kill him.
- “Stop, would you kindly? (Jack reacts instantly, and obeys the command involuntarily) 'Would you kindly'... Powerful phrase. Familiar phrase? (Jack experiences a cascade of memories of Atlas including the phrase in his "suggestions") Sit, would you kindly? (Jack obeys) Stand, would you kindly? (Jack obeys) Run! Stop! Turn. (Jack obeys) A man chooses, a slave obeys. (Ryan hands Jack his golf club) Kill! (Jack obeys, striking him with the club) A man chooses! (Jack strikes again) A slave obeys! (Jack strikes again) OBEY! (Jack kills Ryan with a final, deadly blow) ”
- ― Andrew Ryan
Unable to stop, Jack was forced to acknowledge that he never had a choice, even the "plane crash" that sent him to Rapture was due to Jack hijacking the plane and deliberately crashing it at the lighthouse.
However, Jack's lack of choice is ultimately proven false as one act that Jack does have a choice in -- saving/harvesting the Little Sisters -- defines who he is: the savior of the Little Sisters who gives them a chance at normal lives (something Jack was denied since birth) or the power-hungry king of Rapture, not unlike both of his "fathers" Andrew Ryan and Frank Fontaine.