Alex Delarge In The Bible

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Alex DeLarge and his gang run wild in the streets of London, raping people, killing people, and causing distress wherever they go. This trend continues until one night the leader of the pact, Alex, is caught by the police after killing a woman. He would have been able to get away, but due to the fact that he previously mistreated the rest of the members in his gang they hit him and left him there to be found by the police. He was then sentenced to fourteen years in prison for murder. After two years in prison he begins to try and gain favor, he helps the prison minister with leading worship. In his free time, Alex displays himself reading The Bible, when in reality he is envisioning himself still doing his dreadful deeds, just in Bible times. Alex gets word of a possible way out of prison, the Ludovico Technique. He questions the minister about this and the minister automatically thinks that it is not a good idea for him. So, he takes matters into his own hands. When a man comes to the prison to choose a test subject Alex speaks out in hopes for that to be enough for him to get his freedom. It is, Alex is one step closer to getting …show more content…

During these films he is confined to a chair with his eye lids clamped open so he cannot take them off the movie. He begin to feel sick, and then like he is going to throw up and the doctors reassure him that this is a positive thing and it means he is getting better. Twelve more treatments take place, and then Alex is ready to be tested to see if he is "healed". His test displays him on a stage being attacked and forcefully licking the bottom of the mans shoe before he is released. Following the beating, a near naked woman is brought onto stage with him and when he is tempted to touch her, he immediately feels nauseous and collapses to the

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