A Clockwork Orange Transformation Quotes

How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from A Clockwork Orange.

Quote #1

MR. DELTOID: A big black mark I tell you for every one we don't reclaim. A confession of failure for every one of you who ends up in the stripy hole.

Creepy Mr. Deltoid is in charge of reforming Alex, it seems, but we're never shown what he does to reform him, other than intimidate him. What do you think his process is like, if he has one?

Quote #2

CHAPLAIN: What's it going to be eh? Is it going to be in and out of institutions like this? Or more in then out for most of you? Or are you going to attend the divine word and realize the punishment that awaits unrepentant sinners in the next world as well as this. […] Well we have undeniable proof, yes, incontrovertible evidence that Hell exists. I know, I know, my friends. I have been informed in visions that there is a place darker than any prison, hotter than any human flame of human fire, where souls of unrepentant criminal sinners like yourselves...

Religion, or at least the chaplain's version of religion, is about instilling a fear of the afterlife in criminals so that they will change their ways.

Quote #3

CHAPLAIN: You've been very helpful, and you've shown a genuine desire to reform.

It's difficult to say if the chaplain is gullible or not. Alex's desire to reform is genuine, yes. But he only wants to reform so he can get out of jail early. Does the reason for reformation matter?