How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from A Clockwork Orange.
Quote #7
INSPECTOR: Violence makes violence. He resisted his lawful arrestors.
This brief quote is interesting, because it is about the dilemma of what to do with violent offenders. How to punish them? Or rehabilitate them? Violent punishment will only make them more violent, but what can the justice system do?
Quote #8
ALEX: I read all about the scourging and the crowning with thorns and all that, and I could viddy myself helping in and even taking charge of the tolchocking and the nailing in, being dressed in the height of Roman fashion.
Alex reads the Bible, but he relishes the violent portions of it, of which they are many. He doesn't think of himself as a Jesus figure or a martyr. He wants to be the one killing the martyr.
Quote #9
ALEX: The sounds were real horrorshow. You could slooshy the screams and moans very realistic and you could even get the heavy breathing and panting of the tolchocking malchicks at the same time. And then, what do you know, soon our dear old friend, the red, red vino on tap. The same in all places like it's put out by the same big firm, began to flow. It was beautiful. It's funny how the colors of the real world only seem really real when you viddy them on a screen.
It's unclear, but Alex may be watching a snuff film here, which is why the blood looks so real. However, it shows his disconnect from reality. He has drawn plenty of blood from his violent acts, yet he only thinks it looks real on screen. He is detached and desensitized to violence in real life.