Clockwork Orange Quotes

In this book Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is about George and lennie's relationship is marked by the same goal. For example, George wants to have a future together and work together as a team. And in this quote “O.K. Someday- we're gonna get the jack together and we're gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an' a cow and some pigs”. This quote tells us that once they start working they will have these dreams and make it come true and they want to live together since they have a strong bond that will make them succeed. For example when they had many thoughts about having a future and move on with their life and forget about the horrible times in their life which talks about it in this quote "With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We

Another conservative value at work in the film can also be observed in Alex's behavior. Although the character is shown to enjoy and even fight for the new political freedom, as the movie unfolds, it becomes clear that in his actions to protect his mother. Alex is also attempting to recreate an old sentiment and create a reality that he wishes

In turn, he uses this justification to senselessly beat a man up for simply not liking him. This could be supported by a quote from an article about the study of free will vs determinism, which states, “freedom to choose fits comfortably with the assumption that people deserve what they get” (Carey 133). Alex could agree that someone of his own violent nature deserves this moment, or that the man deserved the beating.

"If we could sniff or swallow something that would, for five or six hours each day, abolish our solitude as individuals, atone us with our fellows in a glowing exaltation of affection and make life in all its aspects seem not only worth living, but divinely beautiful and significant, and if this heavenly, world-transfiguring drug were of such a kind that we could wake up next morning with a clear head and an undamaged constitution - then, it seems to me, all our problems (and not merely the one small problem of discovering a novel pleasure) would be wholly solved and earth would become paradise."

Anthony Burgess’s novel, A Clockwork Orange, presents a struggle between animalistic urges and mechanistic society by way of the motif of a clockwork orange. Many would agree that a clock and an orange share little in common other than the fact that they may both be round. However, the organic nature of an orange combined with the precision and mechanics of a clock curiously imitates the way people respond to everyday influences. Anthony Burgess capitalizes on the differences between these two seemingly unrelated objects to present the connection between morality and conformity within the confines of the novel’s narrator, Alex. Throughout the three parts of the novel, it becomes more apparent that every seemingly harmless life can be manipulated by the clockwork of society. Alex is a young boy living in the near future, whose obsession with the brutality of the world around him causes him to act violently. The portrayal of the character Alex as both a protagonist and an antagonist highlights the psychological turmoil associated with conforming to society by sacrificing either morality for individuality or individuality for morality.

The theme of fate also makes an indistinguishable appearance in A Clockwork Orange, which is brought to life by the outcomes of Alex DeLarge’s raucous life. The first demonstration of fate is the result Alex’s criminal

In Nadsat, "orange" means "man" (which is derived from the Malay word "orang," meaning "man"), so a clockwork orange would be a man moving without pause or thought, as a clockwork (Lund). Burgess says of the title, "I mean it to stand for the application of a mechanistic morality to a living organism oozing with juice and sweetness" ("Resucked" x). After the state reforms him, the novel's hero and narrator Alex becomes a clockwork orange, a man working as a machine.

     When Alex is left alone to decide to what he will do, he looks back on his violent youth with shame and remorse. He then decides he wants a different kind of future. “Perhaps I was too old for the sort of jeezny (life) I was leading” (Burgess189). At this point Alex begins to come to the conclusion that he must undergo a change of sorts. The difference between this reform and his previous reform was desire. Alex truly wanted to change, and this desire to change made it valid. This leaves only one question; what would happen if Alex never reached this desire to change? The only answer is Free Will, my brothers.

‘Choice’ is a major aspect of the film because the male characters are seen to enforce this idea of masculinity, but Kubrick sees this as ambiguous. The psychiatrists in ‘A Clockwork Orange’ take away Alex’s freedom of choice through psychological manipulation, and therefore strip him of his own self worth. ‘Choice’ is a freedom Alex is born with, but by being brought up in this society he has been conditioned and nurtured to think only one way. By taking away his ability to choose, society is being institutionally condemned to decay.

“A Clockwork Orange” starts with Alex posing the question: “what’s it going to be then, eh?”. Burgess begins the story by demonstrating that Alex

In today’s society, there is an evil that hides in the minds of rulers, governments-even everyday people. This evil lies in the crimes committed by thousands of people each year, the corruption of governments, and the suffering of innocent people. The laws and regulations that we live by today are put in place in order to prevent crime from encompassing everything people hold dear-to stop the bad people. In the story of A Clockwork Orange the narrator, Alex, gives us a criminal’s view of the world. Throughout the course of three years, Alex takes part in numerous robberies, murders and rapes people of all ages. In his mind, the disturbing acts he commits fill him with satisfaction and pleasure. When reading this novel through his eyes, the

A Clockwork Orange by itself can be analyzed and marveled at due to its incredible directing, beautiful and symmetrical cinematography, and the oddly captivating dialogue that sometimes makes the viewer question if what they are hearing is even a language. Moreover, is the actions and events that transpire in the life of Alex, a self proclaimed “Droog” and blatant sociopath that steal the attention of whoever is watching. Alex lives the life of a social miscreant whose sole purpose is to disturb society with physical violence, rape, and murder. Living carefreely with his band of followers with the intent of just doing whatever the hell they deem satisfying while sitting back and drinking a nice glass of milk (Moloko Plus, which is a

. . there's no law nor order no more" pg 14. He takes on a role of authority in a society of anarchy. Although he is impervious to the choice of good, Alex does not remain ignorant to this choice throughout the entire novel. In the beginning, he believes that violence is the only way to prove his control. This then leads to his loss of control through the loss of his ability of choice. Only in the very end Alex finally become a well-rounded character. He realizes that he does not have to choose evil and abuse his position to prove his right of choice. "But where I itty now, O my brothers, is all on my oddy knocky, where you cannot go. Tomorrow is all like sweet flowers? pg 148. Alex now knows that his future is open for his choices to lead him. For good or for evil, it is his right to decide, and this is what truly proves his freedom of choice.

In part one of the novel, we witness the ability of free will that Alex possesses and his ability to choose between good and evil through contrast presented by darkness of night and lightness of day. At the beginning of the novel, Alex and his droogs (friends), Pete, Georgie, and Dim are at the Kovova Milkbar, roaming the streets and committing violent acts during night. Alex and his droogs encounter an old man who is drunk and is singing a sentimental song. Alex instantly chooses the path of evil with the free will that he encompasses, and along with his droogs they beat the old man while laughing at his misery. The old man complains about the “stinking world” and says, “It’s a stinking world because it lets the young get on to the old like you done, and there’s no law nor order no more.” (Part 2, Chapter 2, Page 12) At night, Alex uses violence and chooses to beat, rape, and murder innocent people because it shows that he has freedom of choice and has authority and power in society. Alex’s interpretation of darkness and night is, “The night belonged to me and my droogs and all the rest of the nadsats (teenagers), and the starry bourgeois lurked indoors…” (Part 1, Chapter 4, Page 33). In contrast,

The technique is a scientific experiment designed to take away moral choice from criminals. The technique conditions a person to feel intense pain and nausea whenever they have a violent thought. The key moral theme of A Clockwork Orange is articulated during a chat between the alcoholic prison chaplain and Alex two weeks before he enters treatment. He reflects on the moral questions raised by the treatment that will force Alex to be good. “Does God want goodness or the choice of goodness? Is a man who chooses the bad perhaps in some way better than a man who has the good imposed on him?” The government experiment fails to realize that good and evil come from within the self. The Ludovico Technique messes with Alex’s internal clockwork. He transforms into a being that is unable to distinguish good from evil. The altering of his personality makes him, “as decent a lad as you would meet on a May morning, unvicious, unviolent…inclined to the kindly word and helpful act,” but his actions are dictated only by self-interest to avoid the horrible sickness that comes along with evil thoughts. He has no real choice, “he ceases to be a wrongdoer. He ceases also to be a creature of moral choice.” Being stripped of his free will, Alex is no longer a human he is the government’s toy. “Choosing to be deprived of the ability to make an ethical choice [does not mean] you have in a sense really chosen the good.”