clockwork orange that is human. Burgess's little Alex is clockwork orange. (Burgess XI) This essentially means that while the viewer may believe that there is good in little Alex, there is not. He is nothing more than a maniac stuck on ultra-violence. Alex is sick much like a rabid dog, he is perverse and though it may not be his fault, much like it was not the dog's fault of becoming rabid, his threat to others has to be neutralized. Alex's actual moral freedom however can be questioned because he seems to be oppressed by his emotional sickness and perverseness. Alex is a slave to his supposed freedom, which is dictated by the feelings of the other people whose freedom he threatened. By choosing the path he did; Alex also must accept the consequences along with it; whether he wants them or not. "This is not a reward. This is far from being a reward. Now, there is a form here to be signed. It says that you are willing to have the residue of your sentence commuted to submission to what is called here, ridiculous expression, Reclamation Treatment. Will you sign?" "Oh, yes sir..." (Burgess 93) Freedom is a funny thing, in the end after viewing all of the evidence, it is rather clear that Burgess was correct, everyone has moral freedom, but when an
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