A Clockwork Orange Analysis

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| A Clockwork Orange | Brittney Rieder | | | 12/5/2012 | | A Clockwork Orange is a portrait of how human nature reacts juxtaposed with the overarching powers that be molding its’ citizens into submission of their way of life. The loss of Alex’s free-will and its effects show the need for the capability to choose evil and that the efficient way for inmate treatment should not be the goal of the corrections system. There is also focus on the internal fight between good and evil and the power of choice in this struggle. The novel pertains to reality acting as a dystopian funhouse mirror of how the state controls society and treats the incarcerated and as a symbol of rebellion for those challenging the state. It depicts unflinchingly the battle between freedom and constraint plus society’s use of drastic means to set the deviant straight in the place of a rehabilitative program in conjunction with punishment. Humans are oranges more so than clocks, our automaticity is located in our body but who we are is the fruit that is the life-force within us. Much of the incarcerated population is guided by internal impulsivity and sensation-seeking behaviors. The goals of the corrections system are to punish and rehabilitate offenders and protect the population but with overcrowding and a lack of resources effective rehabilitation for offenders is minimized. The corrections system addresses offenders as clocks while it is the orange or human aspect that drove them to be in the criminal justice system in the first place. In society and A Clockwork Orange, the need for specialized juvenile programming is clear and rehabilitation must remain the focus or hope for the offender to be reintegrated into society. In A Clockwork Orange the government uses an extreme measure, the Ludovico Technique, involving the patient to forcibly watch violent images for long
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