A Misunderstood Classic

Personally, This Is One Of My Favorite Books. I Think That Many People Are Turned Away From This Book Due To The Extremely Violent Content And Horrific Crimes Described Come, But, Beneath The Violence And Crime Is A Masterpiece That Gives A Terrifying Vision Of A Possible Future and Poses An Important Question morality. The Book has some Connections To Christianity That Are Represented Mainly Through The Prison Chaplain. The Big Moral Dilemma Of The Book Is Expressed Through The Title. Alex (The Narrator), Is Subjected To A Treatment In Prison In Which He Is Shown Films Of Violence And Sex, While Strapped To A Chair With His Eyes Open And Forced While Feeling Extreme Nausea, Fear, Discomfort, and Feelings Of Paralysis. After Alex Gets The Treatment In Prison, He Becomes A "Clockwork Orange," Something That Appears To Be Alive But Is In Fact Mechanical. The Treatment Forces Alex To Be A Non-Violent, Non-sexual person. Just The Thought Of Sex Or Violence Causes Him To Become Incapacitaded By Feelings Of Extreme Nausea And Severe Discomfort. Alex No Longer Has The Freedom To Choose How To Behave And He Becomes A Slave To Fear, The Fear Of The Effects Of The Treatment. Consequently, thesis Feelings So Appear When Alex Hears His One True Love In Life, The Music Of Beethoven. This Is Due to The Fact That One Of The Treatment film Had A Piece By Beethoven playing in the background. The Chaplain Sums Up The Main Theme Of The Book In One Statement: Is A Truly Good Person If They Have No Choice betwwen Good Or Bad Behavior, And Are Forced To Do No Wrong. Basically, The Theme Is The Connection Between Living And Freedom. It Seems To Me That Is Trying To Say What Burgess Is That People Are Not Truly Alive If They Do Not Have The Freedom To Choose How To Live Their Lives, And Without This Choice, Are Nothing But Machines That Have The Characteristics Of Human Beings. I Could not Agree More.