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A Clockwork Orange
“What’s it going to be then, eh?” (Burgess 1). This question is frequently asked in Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange. The common theme, the symbolism, and the characters contribute to the answer found in the last few pages of the book.
The freedom of choice and the rehabilitating form of corrections in A Clockwork Orange produce the question about man's free will and the ability to choose one's destiny, good or evil. The main character, Alex, thought he “-was really a very lucky young malchickiwick” (97), when he was chosen to be the first to experience the government’s new treatment, Ludovico’s Technique, “-new like treatment that gets you out of prison in no time at all and makes sure that you never get back in again” (82). Little did he know, the treatment would make him feel “pains all over” (104), and extremely ill at any thought of “ultra violence”. His intentions “-to act violently [are] accompanied by strong feelings of physical distress” (126). Alex is forced to “switch to a diametrically opposed attitude” (126). Whenever he had a violent thought in his mind, he quickly replaced it with a good thought, no violence or evil. At the end of Ludovico’s Technique, Alex was “ready to turn the other cheek, ready to be crucified rather than crucify, sick to the very heart at the thought even of killing a fly” (129). He could no longer choose his destiny, the government chose it for him.
There are many symbols throughout A Clockwork Orange. Alex spent most of his time at The Korova Milkbar. “The Korova Milkbar was a milk-plus mesto” (1). Drugs were mixed with the milk, which is ironic because younger children are nourished with milk. I think the milk symbolizes immaturity, because usually younger children and teenagers are immature. After Alex and his droogs drink their milk, they always end up doing something that could get them into serious trouble....
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