A Clockwork Orange written by Anthony Burgess is a novella which inspired the classic Stanley Kubrick film. Such a great film, I just had to go and read the book. The movie turned out to follow the book quite closely and was just as exciting to read as it was to watch!The book follows the story of Alex, a juvenile delinquent who strays down a path of drugs and violence. The first section of the book consists of the horrible deeds Alex commits from, random beatings, to burglary and even breaks into an author’s house and beats him, destroys his current writing and rapes his wife.
The second section of the novella takes place after Alex is caught and sent to jail for his crimes, separating him from his “droogs.” He quickly gets elected for an experimental behavior modifying technique where he is drugged to feel nauseous as he is forced to watch violent acts which was called the Ludovico Technique. The result turns out effective as he gets released and feels to nauseous to commit any violent or sexual acts again. Being released from jail is the third section of the novella, where he finds he cannot avoid violence and because of his condition ends up being brutally beaten because of his past.
In the end, Alex reverts back to his form before he received the Ludovico Technique.This novella holds up very well today, and it is no wonder it inspired such a great movie. The story warns you have behavior modification techniques and the more harm it can do then good. Anthony Burgess is trying to show that stripping someone of their free will is only going to harm them, and will only most likely revert back to their normal self after a period of time. I highly recommend this book, especially to anyone who loved the movie like I did.
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