I will go through each of the three parts of this book, and give an in-depth look at Alex, his views, thoughts and escapades. In the first part we will see Alex as a young rebellious youth with no concern for the affect he has on others. Then in part two I will introduce a young man without a name merely a number, who chooses to give up his free will and let the state reform him. Finally in part three there will be a man that has regained his freedom of choice and has grown compassionate to those around him. In each part I will talk about the religious side, focusing on original sin, and the forces that contend for governmental power that are labeled Pelagain and Augustinian. Another major point that I will touch upon in each part is the play on light and dark that represents good and evil. This is a theme that runs through the entirety of this novel.

In Part one the novel draws us to a young and rebellious youth named Alex. He doesn’t

In part one there are many examples of the play on white and black implying good and evil. “It is most clearly seen as Esther Petix states in the final night raid by Alex and his gang. “So we came nice and quiet to this domy called the Manse, and there were globe lights outside on iron stalks…..and there was a light like dim on in the one of the rooms on the ground level, and we went to a nice patch of street dark…They [the droogs] nodded in the dark….then we waited again in darkness”’ (Petix, 129)

Alex takes time to read it “The attempt to impose upon man, a creature of growth and capable of sweetness, to ooze juicily at the last round the bearded lips of God, to attempt to impose, I say, laws and conditions appropriate to a mechanical creation, against this I raise my sword-pen--” Alex doesn’t really fathom this, for he lives in a young physical world, not in the world of ideas (Mathews, 37).

O’Hara says it best when he says, “Man is not corrupted by original sin, he explains; he is free to choose goodness, and his reason is a sufficient guide. But evil must therefore exist, because choice is the important thing, the sign of our freedom and moral significance” (O’Hara, 88).

Some topics in this essay:
Esther Petix, Alex Staja, Orange” Alex, Original Sin, Geoffrey Aggeler, Bog Good”, Clockwork Orange, Pelagain Augustinian, John Stinson, Georgie Dim, original sin, play light dark, it’s fair, alex takes, alex doesn’t, attempt impose, esther petix, choice choose, don’t allow, play white black, rebellious youth, allow self,