1. Our protagonist is a young, chaos-loving narcissist who, along with his not-so-loyal “droogs,” participates in delinquent acts throughout the novel. It seems our protagonist has no remorse for his actions such as rape, theft, destruction of property, assault, and ultimately even murder. Once Alex is imprisoned for his murder, he turns to the Bible and befriends the priest. His penchant for religion in his new environment seems to be a constructive outlet for Alex; however, we are soon shown that Alex focuses on the violence contained in the Bible when he mentions that he could see himself as a Roman soldier, fashion-forward, beating Jesus while he carried his cross. Alex is desperate not to spend his 14 years. years in prison, so he decides to volunteer for a radically new treatment supposed to cure people of their immoral behavior. Alex undergoes treatment that combines reprehensible and maladaptive behavior with feelings of unease. He therefore no longer has the capacity to make his own choices, good or bad, because if he chooses to do evil, he is overcome by the feeling of falling ill until he refrains from doing so. action or thoughts and is obliged to adopt appropriate behavior. in order to keep feelings of getting sick at bay. This is seen several times in the book. In the first case where Alex is forced to do nothing wrong, he has to lick the shoe of a pesky actor who has been called in to test Alex's endurance and treatment success. Although Alex doesn't want to participate in the submission, he has to because his thoughts of hitting the gentleman are making him physically ill. Likewise, when the officials present a beautiful woman, who Alex admits to having raped before, he feels... middle of paper ... Alex received little control from his parents. In many cases, the parenting methods used by his parents gave him too much discretion. In one case, his mother allowed him to stay in school and it is implied that this happens regularly. This example is doubly negative in that it does not have the responsibility to maintain a fixed structure schedule but also that the school itself can act as a form of control against delinquency because it gives the individual compliance issues. Alex also succumbs to labeling. . Alex was on probation, so he may have continued to act delinquently because he internalized what those around him called him. Once Alex received his treatment and was released back into society, he was repeatedly considered a criminal. People recognized him as the man who brutally killed, whether he was cured or not..