Emergent properties - There are many examples of new properties emerging from the combination of individual elements that do not posses them individually. Specific combinations, arrangements or interactions of components can give rise to totally new attributes. The whole is more than the sum of its parts. A drum made entirely from flat planks acquires the ability to roll. An essay's words and meaning arise from individual ink dots that surely do not contain them.
Life emerges from the glorious combination of molecules.
The lack of freedom in determinism refers to the fact that atoms in whatever combination, can act only in accordance with the laws of physics - they have no choice. This difference in types is somewhat analogous to trying to compare the laws of grammar in a novel to the laws of physics governing the behavior of ink molecules - and bemoaning their incompatibility. Another look at the hierarchy of choice from a more mechanistic perspective may help to explain why freewill is a product of man's unique cognitive abilities. Higher levels of development utilize feedback to achieve conditioned reflexes. Integration of different circuits forms complex decision systems.