Abuse Of Power Within A Clockwork Orange

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The music that represents his freedom
to choose is now gone. He is left without any reason to live. When he realizes
that he is no longer a man because of his absence of choice, Alex decides to end
his life. The author illustrates through Alex's violent actions, how they
represent his abuse of power through his freedom of choice. Alex consistently
chooses evil as a means to display his power over the innocent and the good.
While beating and raping a young girl, he states with pride, "So he did the
strong-man on the devotchka, who was still creeching away . . . in very
horrorshow groodies"(22). This proves that he feels he must display his power
through his abuse of choice. His love for violence symbolises his abuse of
power as an evil trait, but his love for music symbolises his human side. In
the end of the story Alex decides that he is ready to become a man. During this
rapid evolution from adolescence to manhood, Alex chooses a wife, a family, a
life, and in essence he ...

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domination and control, thus proving his choice towards evil. In a society
that "lets the young get on to the old . . . there's no law nor order no
more"(14). He takes on a role of authority in a society of anarchy, and uses
violence to portray his abuse of this ascendancy over the weak. Although he is
impervious to the choice of good, Alex does not remain ignorant to this choice
throughout the entire novel. In the beginning, he believes that violence is the
only way to prove his control. This then leads to his loss of control through
the loss of his ability of choice. Only in the very end does Alex finally
evolve and become a well-rounded character. He realizes that he does not ...

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