Alex reminds me of a younger, more Russian-speaking Hannibal Lecter. A smooth talker and appreciative of music, with a bit of an IQ to boot, Alex is not your typical goon. He has quite an unorthodox hobby which he deeply enjoys: robbing, raping and just altogether abusing people. In the course of the story, he is arrested and subjected to this "Ludovico treatment" where his mind and body are trained to reject violence. It is inhumane and here I am conflicted with that question of choosing the lesser of two evils.
While Alex did do a lot of horrible things, did he really deserve the punishment he was subjected to? A part of me wants to scream yes at the same time thrusting my fist in the air for added emphasis. A part of me wants to *hesitantly* say, "Maybeee not....."
The book was a bit disturbing, but held a lot of truths as well.
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