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A Clockwork Orange Violence Quotes

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

Quote #10

ALEX: Now all the time I was watching this, I was beginning to get very aware of like not feeling all that well, and this I put down to all the rich food and vitamins. But I tried to forget this, concentrating on the next film, which jumped right away on a young devotchka, who was being given the old in-out, in-out, first by one malchick, then another, then another. When it came to the sixth or seventh malchick, leering and smecking and then going into it, I began to feel really sick. But I could not shut my glazzies and even if I tried to move my glazballs about I still not get out of the line of fire of this picture.

This is when Alex talks about the Ludovico procedure, which sensitizes him to violence. It does it through a chemical process that makes him sick. Deep inside, he still enjoys what he sees, and he is still a violent person at heart, but he doesn't enjoy the upset-stomach feeling.