The Clockwork Orange
In the novel A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess, author of the book, has tried to show the importance of individual freedom over doing the right thing. He has shown extreme acts of violence in the book to show his strong belief.Alex, the main charater, and his droogs; Georgie, Dim, and Pete are the main characters in a novel that is set in the foreseeable future. In this future, there are few police officers and too much crime. At night, people just lock their doors and pray that a gang of hoodlums doesn't attack them and their family during the night. Alex and his droogs are one of these gangs. His gang hangs out at a place called the Korova Milkbar and then proceeds to go on nightly rampages through the streets of London. Their crimes consist of beating the elderly, murder, and raping women. This is a nightly event for Alex and his droogs; however, they have never been caught. Alex ends up punching Dim, one of his
Alex is selected for a special medical procedure called the Ludovico Technique. This process involved taking the state's criminals and forcing them to watch gruesome movies of violence while at the same time being injected with a chemical that made you feel sick. The theory behind the technique was that after being exposed to the chemicals while watching the gruesome movies, one would associate the feelings of extreme sickness with those of violence, thus making the subject physically unable to perform violent acts. Alex is quick to agree, because he sees the chance for his freedom. The warden warns him that this is not a gift being handed to him, but instead possibly a curse. Alex accepts this consequence for the right of freedom. After Alex's successful completion of this procedure, most people praised the Ludovico Technique; however, many people in the Church did not. They believed that the government of London had absolutely
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Approximate Word count = 634
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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