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 r

In Augustine’s view, human nature had been vitiated and corrupted as a result of Adam’s sin, and all of Adam’s descendants are in a “penal” condition wherein they are effectively prevented from choosing the path of righteousness by ignorance and the irresistible urgings of the flesh. Men may overcome this condition and lead virtuous lives on if they have been granted God’s free gift of grace…Whereas Pelagius had thought of sin as a merely action, which had no permanent effect upon the sinner, Augustine saw sin as ‘an abiding condition or state’. All, men are spiritually enfeebled by Original Sin, but an actively sinful man increasingly paralyzes his moral nature by his deeds” (Aggeler, 123)

Geoffrey Aggeler better explains the clash of opposing viewpoints seen in the novel in this excerpt from his novel.

In this paragraph there is the introduction of God or old Bog. This introduces us to the dualistic part of this novel that is better known as the play on light and dark representing good and evil. Esther Petix explained it as follows,

Some topics in this essay:
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