How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from A Clockwork Orange.
Quote #7
THE MINISTER: What a change is here, Ladies and Gentlemen, from the wretched hoodlum the state committed to unprofitable punishment some two years ago, unchanged after two years. Unchanged, do I say— not quite. Prison taught him the false smile, the rubbed hands of hypocrisy, the fawning, greased, obsequious leer. Other vices it taught him as well as confirming him in those he had long practiced before.
The Minister argues that prison transformers prisoners in a bad way. It teaches criminals to become even criminal-ier—they learn how to con and swindle people.
Quote #8
ALEX: She came towards me with the light like it was the like light of heavenly grace, and the first thing that flashed into me gulliver was that I would like to have her right down there on the floor with the old in-out, real savage. But quick as a shot came the sickness, like a detective that had been watching around the corner and now followed to make his arrest.
This voiceover confirms that Alex still wants to do terrible things, but he doesn't because the Ludovico technique makes him sick. Is this any different than a person who wants to do something wrong, but doesn't because of fear of punishment from God?