About the novel, A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess

A Clockwork Orange There have been many books published solely on philosophy, and many more than that solely written about human nature, but very infrequently will a book be published that weaves these fields together as well as A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess. In this Book Burgess speculated on the fact "the significance of maturing by choice is to gain moral values and freedoms." He achieved this task by pushing his angsty teenaged character, …showed first 75 words of 1723 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1723 total…It is realized that in being unable to choose, one is not at liberty, and free will is taken away. Also if one has no say whether good or evil is chosen, it is of no importance because such a decision could be made by a machine. Alex was able to make two evolutions. He evolved from a machine into a human, and the evolved from a human choosing evil, to a human choosing good.