Free will vs. Determinism


     As I write this I currently have sat here staring at my blank screen for about an hour now, and before that I'd contemplated this assignment all weekend. I guess that I am of the mind frame that there is a choice in any situation. I've even discussed the topic with my family and asked them frankly if there was any situation where an individual would have no choice. Their only answer was "If it were life or death."
     I find it hard to believe that there is no situation, other than life or death,  that one doesn't have a choice. Yet, even a situation that were life or death there is still a choice, that choice literally being "Life" or "Death." In any situation there is always a choice, one might possibly be better than the other but one still exists and there is always a decision to be made. 
     If someone had a gun to my head and told me to dance naked like a monkey or die, I would obviously dance naked like a monkey. But, what if I were terminally ill and ready to die anyway without degrading myself that way? I would choose death and be perfectly happy with that decision. 
      For the people who disagree with this line of thinking or simply believe it to be untrue I would suggest you to read about Doctor kevorkian and his work. Many people every day choose death for themselves by either telling or instructing their families to remove medical life support in the event of their becoming comatose. 
     Death is a choice and always is a choice, so in what context does one have absolutely no option? I began this assignment in the mind frame of being determined to find a situation that one would have absolutely no choice,  decisions,  options etc. Yet,  the more I think about it the more I find that I do not believe there is ever a situation where one cannot exercise their will.