User blog comment:Looperreallyreallysucks/Pure Evil Proposal: Alex (A Clockwork Orange)/@comment-33497615-20190627211124/@comment-34055410-20190628001703

I’m really confused by this. Alex is forced to refrain from violence due to the Ludovico technique, so the only reason he doesn’t commit any crimes after being released from prison is because he will feel sick from the mere thought of violence. He doesn’t feel any remorse for any of his crimes, and the whole point of Alex is that he is beyond redemption. By the end of the story, the Ludovico technique fails almost solely because of how evil he is. As long as he’s not under the effects of the treatment, he will commit unspeakable crimes with every chance he gets. And after the effects wore off, didn’t he, like, you know, start to think about sex and violence again?