Summary Of Ludovico's Technique

At the age of 14, Alex was diagnosed with anxiety and depression. He was hospitalized for months, growing restless as the doctors tried to find the right combination of pills to make him back to “normal.” However, pills and therapy weren’t the treatment Alex needed. To keep himself busy

Most of these symptoms are apparent in Alex’s psychological and emotional functioning. It can be argued that id dominates her functioning, with the Thanatos being the main drive - Alex displays many destructive and auto destructive behaviors like self injurious behavior and verbal and physical aggression towards Dan and his wife. Also apparent is the lack of impulse control which can also be explained by id’s dominance. Furthermore, object relation is arguably another expression of Alex’s poor ego function, as she tends to perceive relationships a lot closer than they are in

The behaviors of individuals in this community could be viewed as cyclical, as many of these behaviors have been passed down from generation to generation. This idealism can be directly related to the theorists in the Chicago School, in that people can absorb deviant norms from the environments to which they are reared. I feel that the learning theories observed in this film are the differential association theory, as the characters show criminal behavior being emphasized with peers and how they learn to handle their strives, such as Jimmy killing Ray, Ray’s son killing Jimmy’s daughter. I also feel as though Pavlov’s classical conditioning theory was observed as people learn through associations between stimuli and responses, I feel that by Dave killing a pedophile he some how felt vindicated, because he was given no choice when he was abducted and tortured, in his mind maybe he felt as though this pedophile shouldn’t have the choice to live, and he could gain some power, again stimuli and

“Alex Cross” is a psychological thriller about a Detroit psychologist/ detective by the name of Dr. Alex Cross who spends much of his time chasing down an arrogant, sadistic, psychotic serial killer/ Picasso, nicknamed for the charcoal sketches left behind at the crime scenes, is a hired serial killer and Cross is determined to not only find Picasso, but also the man who hired him. By examining the sketches, Alex Cross is able to determine Picasso’s next victims and gets in the way of the assassins killing spree. Picasso becomes angry at the interference and to prove his point, he finds Cross’s co-worker and tortures her to death. This is only the beginning of the cat and mouse game. Picasso makes the game even more personal when he kills Cross’s wife. Once the game becomes personal, Dr. Cross is pushed to the boundaries of his values and psychological limitations. Cross is no longer trying to find Picasso in order to bring him to justice but now it is for a personal revenge. Dr. Cross is no longer concerned with the boundaries of the law when it comes to finding this narcissist sociopath and the man who hired him.

Alex is a pilot in the Navy that is very proud of his military discipline and high standards. He came to see Dr Paul after he bombarded a school in Baghdad thinking that it was an insurgent safe house. As soon as Alex gets in the doctor’s office, he adopts an arrogant position and almost does not let Dr Paul talk. Alex tests Paul all the time, trying to control the topic of the

The use of the phrase “viddy him swim in his own blood while we counted the takings”, shows how criminals such as Alex and his “droogs”, can get away with such vicious acts of crime so often that it has become a hobby for them as they take so much enjoyment from the acts. Also the casual tone depicted from the text suggests the careless nature that Alex has towards the vulgar acts. These combined together add to the theme of corruption in society in ‘A Clockwork Orange’.

When Oscar is eighteen years old he meets an important girl named Ana in an SAT prep class. He immediately falls in love, but unfortunately also falls “into one of those Let’s-Be-Friends Vortexes” (Díaz 41). While Oscar is just one of her

Burgess' A Clockwork Orange, a critically acclaimed masterstroke on the horrors of conditioning, is unfairly attacked for apparently gratuitous violence while it merely uses brutality, as well as linguistics and a contentious dénouement, as a vehicle for deeper themes.

The use of music as a motif in (Stanley Kubrick, A Clockwork Orange 1962)] creates a lens so that the viewer is able to recognize the trend that violence has to destroy an individual’s identity. Although Alex (Malcolm McDowell) clearly associates violence with his own individual identity and sense of self, he consistently reveals the impossibility of remaining an individual in the face of group-oriented violence. The images that music create coincide the destruction of Alex’s identity, either through compliance to a group’s style of violence or through failure to embrace the similarity of group actions associated with violence. As the movie progresses, musical imagery follows the exit and return of his personal identity as a role of his

The point of the Ludovico's Technique is to cure the patient of his problems. The Ludovico's Technique is a really horrible way to cure someone of their problems. What they do is strap your arms, and legs together so you're not able to move. So think about that for a little bit, you're in a chair not able to move for anything what would be going through your mind at that point? Then they make sure that your eyelids are forced open, the reason why is so your not able to close your eyes. You're sitting in a chair for hours end with your arms, and legs tied and your eyelids are supposed to be kept open. You are not able to leave for anything,you have to sit in that chair until you are done. What they do next is make you

Alex was recently diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of 24. Alex’s life was normal until a recently when he was diagnosed with schizophrenia after an episode when he described feeling like others was out to get him. Alex reports that he remembers hearing voices that told him that his family members were plotting to kill him, or hurt him in some manner. Alex also insists that he possesses divine powers and can interact with God. He even insists that some holy spirits have come in him. Alex acted out in anger to the point that his family was scared to be around him at times. When asked Alex reports that he felt as if he was an outcast when in school, and in society.

. . there's no law nor order no more" pg 14. He takes on a role of authority in a society of anarchy. Although he is impervious to the choice of good, Alex does not remain ignorant to this choice throughout the entire novel. In the beginning, he believes that violence is the only way to prove his control. This then leads to his loss of control through the loss of his ability of choice. Only in the very end Alex finally become a well-rounded character. He realizes that he does not have to choose evil and abuse his position to prove his right of choice. "But where I itty now, O my brothers, is all on my oddy knocky, where you cannot go. Tomorrow is all like sweet flowers? pg 148. Alex now knows that his future is open for his choices to lead him. For good or for evil, it is his right to decide, and this is what truly proves his freedom of choice.

In part one of the novel, we witness the ability of free will that Alex possesses and his ability to choose between good and evil through contrast presented by darkness of night and lightness of day. At the beginning of the novel, Alex and his droogs (friends), Pete, Georgie, and Dim are at the Kovova Milkbar, roaming the streets and committing violent acts during night. Alex and his droogs encounter an old man who is drunk and is singing a sentimental song. Alex instantly chooses the path of evil with the free will that he encompasses, and along with his droogs they beat the old man while laughing at his misery. The old man complains about the “stinking world” and says, “It’s a stinking world because it lets the young get on to the old like you done, and there’s no law nor order no more.” (Part 2, Chapter 2, Page 12) At night, Alex uses violence and chooses to beat, rape, and murder innocent people because it shows that he has freedom of choice and has authority and power in society. Alex’s interpretation of darkness and night is, “The night belonged to me and my droogs and all the rest of the nadsats (teenagers), and the starry bourgeois lurked indoors…” (Part 1, Chapter 4, Page 33). In contrast,

The television show “In Treatment” introduces a character by the name of Alex Prince (2008). Alex is a United States Naval pilot who seeks therapy after a friend

Antisocial Personality Disorder ( ASPD) is a mental illness with various causal factors such as genetic predispositions, environment, parental neglect, gender, brain abnormalities, etc. The factors presented affect the character Alex DeLarge from Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange (1963). Despite Alex not being diagnosed, it is evident that he suffers from ASPD, it is clearly expressed through his behaviors and mentality. Eventually, Alex is incarcerated preceding a murder he committed, in order to be released early he enlists himself to a treatment so that he could be cured. The events that follow include his participation in the Ludovico Technique, an experimental form of aversion therapy which leaves him unable to fulfill the needs of his mental illness.