A Clockwork Orange story
A charismatic, antisocial delinquent named Alex leads a small gang of thugs, whom he calls his droogs. The film chronicles the horrific crime spree of his gang, his capture, and attempted rehabilitation via an experimental psychological conditioning technique promoted by the Minister of the Interior.
19 total · 10 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| character metamorphosis | major | Alex entered into a program that used behaviorist psychological techniques in an effort to reform from being a violent criminal to a good person. |
| crime | major | The film is set in a ner-future Britain where street crime is out of control. |
| criminal gangs | major | Alex was the leader of a brutal foursome that engaged in ultra-violence |
| mind control technology | major | Alex was mentally conditioned so that he was overwhelmed with feeling of distress whenever he had violent thoughts. |
| psychopathy | major | Alex and his cronies obviously had no feelings or understanding for their fellow humans. In Alex’ case, not even for his loving parents. |
| speculative punishment | major | Alex agreed to have his prison sentence commuted to a rather innovative and cruel treatment that would leave him unable to commit or endure violence again: He was secured to a chair with his eyes forcibly pinned open, then forced to watch countless hours of extreme violence. |
| the human capacity for good and evil | major | The Minister of the Interior tried to make criminal violence a thing of the past by mentally conditioning violent criminals using a behaviorist psychological on them. |
| treatment of prisoners | major | Central to the story was how prisoners were and ought to be treated. |
| what is good and evil | major | Was Alex good because he was mentally conditioned to behave morally or is good something more fundamental? |
| youth rebellion | major | Alex DeLarge led a small gang of violently delinquent youths. |