A Clockwork Orange Film Analysis
In the novel/film “A Clockwork Orange” written/directed by Anthony Burgess/Stanley Kubrick, we are thrown into a futuristic dystopian world of England. In this world we are thrown into a society where a 15 year old boy named Alex narrates his life through this area. Alex, the Faustian protagonist of A Clockwork Orange, and a sadistic and depraved gang leader preys on the weak and innocent. Alex’s society/neighborhood consist of a lot of youth violence and corruption within the state. The film stays devoted to the novel produced in the United Sates omitting the final chapter produced in England. The novel addresses the fundamental issues of human nature and morality, such as existence of good and evil and the importance of free will. A Clockwork
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Alex is knowing that this sort of behavior is wrong, saying that “you can’t have a society with everybody behaving in my manner of the night” (“Clockwork Orange Film”). Alex justifies his free will/actions implying that although his actions are immoral they balance out the equilibrium of a society because after all you can’t have everyone behave like him because it would create anarchy. Alex even enjoys committing acts of violence. Alex while beating up and older man even states, “Then out comes the blood, my brothers, real beautiful” (Burgess, pg 9). Alex is fascinated when he is terrorizing his victims; Alex fascination with the beating of his victims and the sight of blood being beautiful is very disturbing. This is where the reader believes that Alex’s assessment of people naturally being born evil maybe true. Even Alex disproves F. Alexander’s statement of being influenced by society with his own free will. A prime example of this is when Alex interacts with his probation officer, Mr. Deltoid even declares “We study the problem. We’ve been studying it for damn near a century, yes, but we get no further with our studies. You’ve got a good home here, good loving parents. You’ve got not too bad of a brain! Is it some devil that crawls inside of you?” (“A Clockwork Orange Film”). Deltoid is refining to the sciences and social sciences that
Alex is knowing that this sort of behavior is wrong, saying that “you can’t have a society with everybody behaving in my manner of the night” (“Clockwork Orange Film”). Alex justifies his free will/actions implying that although his actions are immoral they balance out the equilibrium of a society because after all you can’t have everyone behave like him because it would create anarchy. Alex even enjoys committing acts of violence. Alex while beating up and older man even states, “Then out comes the blood, my brothers, real beautiful” (Burgess, pg 9). Alex is fascinated when he is terrorizing his victims; Alex fascination with the beating of his victims and the sight of blood being beautiful is very disturbing. This is where the reader believes that Alex’s assessment of people naturally being born evil maybe true. Even Alex disproves F. Alexander’s statement of being influenced by society with his own free will. A prime example of this is when Alex interacts with his probation officer, Mr. Deltoid even declares “We study the problem. We’ve been studying it for damn near a century, yes, but we get no further with our studies. You’ve got a good home here, good loving parents. You’ve got not too bad of a brain! Is it some devil that crawls inside of you?” (“A Clockwork Orange Film”). Deltoid is refining to the sciences and social sciences that