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A Clockworck Orange

A Clockwork Orange
Part One, Chapter 1
Summary
Dressed fashionably, with their pockets full of money, Alex and his gang—Pete, Georgie, and Dim—sit at the Korova Milkbar, drinking milk laced with stimulants and trying to figure out what to do with the night. During this time, Alex tells us about the nuances of their clothes, as well as those of the girls at the bar, who wear badges that display the names of their sexual partners. In addition to this, Alex voices his recent distaste for the other "milk plus" cocktails served at the Korova. He observes the effects of the hallucinogen-laced drinks on another patron of the bar, who slumps in his seat with eyes glazed, talking nonsense. Alex finds something cowardly and dishonest about this behavior.

As soon as his own drugs kick in, Alex leads his droogs, or friends, into the streets. There they find an old man carrying books home from the library. Sensing his fear, they toy with him for a few moments before assaulting him. Only after ripping apart his books, ripping out his false teeth, and ripping off his clothes do they let him trudge away whimpering.
The droogs then go to a bar called the Duke of New York to spend their money, so as to create an incentive to continue looting. There are four old women there who warm up to the droogs after the boys buy them several drinks and massive amounts of pub snacks. The boys spend all their money this way, and leave the bar on very friendly terms with the women.
Outside, the boys go to a corner store, put on their masks, and proceed to steal the money from the register. During the robbery, they severely beat the shopkeeper and his wife, both of whom, we later learn, require hospitalization. In less than ten minutes the boys are back at the Duke, buying the same ladies another round. This proves useful, because when the police come to the Duke to ask questions, the women provide alibis for the boys, who sneer at and taunt the...