A Clockwork Orange Violence Quotes

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

Quote #4

ALEX: Soon it was trees and dark, my brothers, with real country dark. […] We fillied around for a while with other travelers of the night, playing "Hogs of the Road." Then we headed west, what we were after now was the old surprise visit, that was a real kick and good for laughs and lashing of the ultra-violent.

After beating up Billyboy's gang, Alex is still feeling an adrenaline rush from the violence, so he goes on a destructive drive, and arrives at the home of the writer to beat him and rape his wife. There really isn't anything about this violent young punk to like.

Quote #5

ALEX: As I slooshied, I knew such lovely pictures.

Alex's masturbatory fantasies are violent in nature, showing us that he is turned on by the violence he commits. It doesn't repulse him at all.

Quote #6

ALEX: But, suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy ones and that the oomny ones use like inspiration and what Bog sends, for now it was lovely music that came to my aid. There was a window open with the stereo on, and I viddied right at once what to do.

Later, Alex becomes sick when he listens to Beethoven, and it is seen as a tragedy that he can't enjoy the 9th Symphony. But here, we see that even Beethoven inspires Alex to violence. Everything makes him violent, even classical music.