A Clockwork Orange

by

Anthony Burgess

Christianity

Christianity encapsulates the ethical dilemma at the core of the novel. The book’s only religious figure, the prison chaplain, is particularly bothered by the way that Reclamation Treatment deprives Alex’s capacity for moral choice. The… read analysis of Christianity

“What’s it going to be then, eh?”

The phrase, “What’s it going to be then, eh” is a recurring motif in A Clockwork Orange. Each of the book’s three parts opens with these same seven words, and Burgess often repeats this… read analysis of “What’s it going to be then, eh?”