I have now finished the second section of A Clockwork Orange. This section is completely different from the first section when analyzing the setting. The first section took place in a free man’s world where Alex and his droogs did as they pleased in the cover of the night. This all came to an end when Alex got caught by the Millicent’s. In the second section of the book it first took place in a dark, mangy and crowded jail but then moved to a new facility where Alex was “treated”.
The second section opened up in the same way as the first section with “What’s it going to be then, eh?”. The only difference was that the first time it was written, Alex was saying it, but the second time it was one of the jail guards. This sentence also occurs at the beginning of the third section. The use of repetition within the opening of each section was just one of the many reoccurring literary styles, as well as the other slang used throughout the book.
The theme and style of the book has changed completely. In the first section Alex did as he pleased and there was no real higher power or enforcement. However, now that Alex has been sent to jail for his actions the higher power is very much present within the novel as it is controlling Alex’s life. While in jail, Alex also found an interest in religion which I thought added to the complexity of the theme as well as leaving room for further development.
Choice and freewill are important aspect of this book. First Alex used his free will as he pleased and stalked the night with his gang seeking out a thrill until the government took this freedom away. Freewill and morals are the aspects that separate humans and animals. In jail Alex is nothing but a number with no freewill. He is then sent into a new kind of reforming treatment that will set him free in fourteen days. The aspect of religion and Christianity are incorporated into the plot at this point. The prison chaplain informed Alex of the dangers outcomes of this new treatment, the treatment was supposed to make him a good man, but as the chaplain said “Goodness is something chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man.”
When the treatment was finished Alex was no longer human, he had no choice, no freewill to do as he wished and no power to judge a situation. Any sort of violence or sinning made Alex extremely sick, leaving him no other choice but to be a “good human”. This is a good example proving that freewill and religion really tie in together.
The new treatment changed Alex completely and he was no longer the same character that he was at the beginning of the novel. He was a mischievous and fearless young man but after his treatment he became the opposite – fearful of all that was evil. He would do anything he was told in fear that if he declined he would become very sick.
The conflicts in this section were mainly intra-personal with Alex. He fought himself; he was bad and he knew it yet he didn’t mind. His new treatment made him become good; it was forced upon him. He fought the change but in the end the government won and he was no longer “evil” and was considered a perfect citizen.
The second section opened up in the same way as the first section with “What’s it going to be then, eh?”. The only difference was that the first time it was written, Alex was saying it, but the second time it was one of the jail guards. This sentence also occurs at the beginning of the third section. The use of repetition within the opening of each section was just one of the many reoccurring literary styles, as well as the other slang used throughout the book.
The theme and style of the book has changed completely. In the first section Alex did as he pleased and there was no real higher power or enforcement. However, now that Alex has been sent to jail for his actions the higher power is very much present within the novel as it is controlling Alex’s life. While in jail, Alex also found an interest in religion which I thought added to the complexity of the theme as well as leaving room for further development.
Choice and freewill are important aspect of this book. First Alex used his free will as he pleased and stalked the night with his gang seeking out a thrill until the government took this freedom away. Freewill and morals are the aspects that separate humans and animals. In jail Alex is nothing but a number with no freewill. He is then sent into a new kind of reforming treatment that will set him free in fourteen days. The aspect of religion and Christianity are incorporated into the plot at this point. The prison chaplain informed Alex of the dangers outcomes of this new treatment, the treatment was supposed to make him a good man, but as the chaplain said “Goodness is something chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man.”
When the treatment was finished Alex was no longer human, he had no choice, no freewill to do as he wished and no power to judge a situation. Any sort of violence or sinning made Alex extremely sick, leaving him no other choice but to be a “good human”. This is a good example proving that freewill and religion really tie in together.
The new treatment changed Alex completely and he was no longer the same character that he was at the beginning of the novel. He was a mischievous and fearless young man but after his treatment he became the opposite – fearful of all that was evil. He would do anything he was told in fear that if he declined he would become very sick.
The conflicts in this section were mainly intra-personal with Alex. He fought himself; he was bad and he knew it yet he didn’t mind. His new treatment made him become good; it was forced upon him. He fought the change but in the end the government won and he was no longer “evil” and was considered a perfect citizen.
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