character analysis
Alex - Alex is the protagonist. He is a disturbed teen who is obsessed with violence. He commits a series of violent acts throughout the book. He associates violence and the thrill it gives him with classical music, and gains the same thrill when listening to it.
P.R. Deltoid - Post corrective adviser for Alex.
Dim - He is a member of Alex’s gang. He is not very smart, and is stated that 'Dim is really Dim.'
Pete - One of Alex's gang members. He is more mellow than his fellow gang members, and serves as the 'middle man' throughout the book.
Georgie - One of Alex's gang members that encourages the others to rise up against Alex.
Chaplin - Takes Alex in at prison. He thinks that Alex reading the Bible is an indication of him reforming. The Chaplin believes in free will and does not feel Alex should use the Ludivico Technique.
F. Alexander - Living alone, F. Alexander is a writer and has written A Clockwork Orange in the story . He is against government control and stands for free will.
Alex's parents - They are afraid of their son. Both of them are weak characters that allow Alex to become the violent person he becomes.
Billboy - is the leader of another gang; rivals Alex's gang.
Governor - He is not for the Ludivico Technique, but rather for punishment for the crime committed.
The minister of the Interior - stands for the government. He is for the Ludivico Technique to change the response of the prisoners. The Minister wants to eliminate criminals even at the cost of free will.
Dr. Brodsky - He is the one who starts the Ludivico Technique on Alex. He is mean and tortures Alex, for pleasure much like Alex did at the beginning of the story.
P.R. Deltoid - Post corrective adviser for Alex.
Dim - He is a member of Alex’s gang. He is not very smart, and is stated that 'Dim is really Dim.'
Pete - One of Alex's gang members. He is more mellow than his fellow gang members, and serves as the 'middle man' throughout the book.
Georgie - One of Alex's gang members that encourages the others to rise up against Alex.
Chaplin - Takes Alex in at prison. He thinks that Alex reading the Bible is an indication of him reforming. The Chaplin believes in free will and does not feel Alex should use the Ludivico Technique.
F. Alexander - Living alone, F. Alexander is a writer and has written A Clockwork Orange in the story . He is against government control and stands for free will.
Alex's parents - They are afraid of their son. Both of them are weak characters that allow Alex to become the violent person he becomes.
Billboy - is the leader of another gang; rivals Alex's gang.
Governor - He is not for the Ludivico Technique, but rather for punishment for the crime committed.
The minister of the Interior - stands for the government. He is for the Ludivico Technique to change the response of the prisoners. The Minister wants to eliminate criminals even at the cost of free will.
Dr. Brodsky - He is the one who starts the Ludivico Technique on Alex. He is mean and tortures Alex, for pleasure much like Alex did at the beginning of the story.
Main Characters and their impact to the book
Alex - Alex is the protagonist in this book. He is important to the book because he was the leader of the gang of juvenile delinquents who went around brutalizing people.
Chaplin - The Chaplin works in the prison to give religion to the inmates. He is important to the book because he gives Alex religion through the Bible and Alex loves reading the bible and spends a lot of time with the Chaplin which keeps him out of trouble.
Dr. Brodsky - He is the man who performs the Ludivico technique on Alex. He is important because without him Alex would have never gone through the technique and would not have learned what he did and he would not have gotten out of jail as early as he did.
F. Alexander - He is the man whom Alex and his gang go and brutalize and rape his wife who ends up dying. He is important because it is through him Alex realizes the impact that his actions have on people and because he helps Alex to try and get rid of the drug that was given to him during the Ludivico technique.
Georgie - He is the gang member of Alex's who turn the rest of the gang against Alex. If it were not for Georgie then Alex would have never been arrested and would have never gone through the Ludivico technique and learned what he did at the end of the book.
Pete - Pete is one of Alex's gang members who Alex runs into at the end of the book. Pete helps Alex to realize that Alex wants to someday have a wife and kids. He helps Alex realize that he is no longer young and that it is time for him to move on.
Chaplin - The Chaplin works in the prison to give religion to the inmates. He is important to the book because he gives Alex religion through the Bible and Alex loves reading the bible and spends a lot of time with the Chaplin which keeps him out of trouble.
Dr. Brodsky - He is the man who performs the Ludivico technique on Alex. He is important because without him Alex would have never gone through the technique and would not have learned what he did and he would not have gotten out of jail as early as he did.
F. Alexander - He is the man whom Alex and his gang go and brutalize and rape his wife who ends up dying. He is important because it is through him Alex realizes the impact that his actions have on people and because he helps Alex to try and get rid of the drug that was given to him during the Ludivico technique.
Georgie - He is the gang member of Alex's who turn the rest of the gang against Alex. If it were not for Georgie then Alex would have never been arrested and would have never gone through the Ludivico technique and learned what he did at the end of the book.
Pete - Pete is one of Alex's gang members who Alex runs into at the end of the book. Pete helps Alex to realize that Alex wants to someday have a wife and kids. He helps Alex realize that he is no longer young and that it is time for him to move on.