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Persuasive Essay On A Clockwork Orange

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These ideas also flow heavily into idealistic propaganda of what should a perfect society be and how it should act. Alex is subjected to pictures of what is deemed “bad” while given a drug that will make him feel violently ill when he thinks about the pictures in front of him, all the while being observed from just behind him out of sight by the ones who are pulling the strings and “fixing Alex”. This scene could be the observers being “society” and Alex being the “individuals”. It would be society that would display what the people should feel and what they shouldn’t, and what is acceptable and not. All the while Alex is slowly transformed to the perfect citizen as deemed by the head experimenter and there for the perfect model citizen in …show more content…

The case of Alex being used for experimental treatment to “cure” the mentally disturbed can be reflected throughout governments history of stepping in and taking away people’s rights who they deem unfit for society and trying to shape them to what they see as a model citizen. This also reflects the history of science and how, until recent years, scientists had free reign over test subjects and could do what they see fit, especially using those who willingly signed up for the test not knowing the true intentions or those not deemed as members of society as simply used as lab rats, both would be the case of Alex. Furthermore, discussing whether or not these elements truly benefited society in their pursuits of enhancing the human race, in A clockwork orange the results had disastrous consequences on Alex and this theme supports the overarching portrayal of human test subjects throughout the history of science and whether the benefits truly out way the concept of taking away the rights of people and how the government has ethical and moral obligations to ensure the safety of all people. When A clockwork Orange is viewed as a satirical play on government and science it brings forth the true message of ethical dilemmas and moral ambiguity, and how it can reflect on the history of questionable choices that of been made by the government on behalf of science and its lack of responsibility and disregard for personal

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