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Is Moral Depravity Better Than Forced Morality?
A clockwork orange and the freedom of choice
Alex is a fifteen-year-old boy. He is not too fond of school and spends most of his time slacking off.
One of his favourite things to do is to hang around with his friends, or ‘droogs’ as they are referred to, Pete, George and Dim causing chaos for the people in his neighbourhood.
No one is safe from the brutality of the quartet. They pillage houses, rape women and beat people within an inch of their lives.
By all accounts, they are rotten to the core and a stain on society. One day, Alex’s luck runs out and he is caught red-handed during one of his many rampages at night.
Betrayed by his so-called friends, he finds himself in the hands of the police, who do not take kindly to his exploits. In prison, he finds his luck is no better when he engages in a fight with his cellmate.
After nearly killing the man, Alex is selected for a new and controversial treatment, one that will remove his inclination to resort to violence and turn him into a model citizen.
The treatment mortifies Alex and he soon becomes repulsed by violence in all its forms. The sight of violence brings an unbearable sickness over him, one which forces him to be good in…
