A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange is a controversial work in which the setting is in a futuristic society in which, political powers have subsided and lawlessness, violence, and youth gangs terrorize the people. Free will is the cost that Alex De Large has to pay in a society that is so dominated by violence. Anthony Burgess, in his novel A Clockwork Orange, contends that unless man freely chooses to reject the attraction of violence, …showed first 75 words of 1750 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1750 total…example he couldn’t defend himself when he had to. Also as seen from the Homeless man, the widower, and the cops, the appeal of violence entrapped them into hurting Alex. In other words no one can escape from violence we all have our moments when violence gets the better half of us. The only way to rehabilitate someone is by achieving mental stability within that person, not through drugs and physical distress. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**