The Free Will and Spirituality of Anthony Burgress' Alex DeLarge

The Free Will and Spirituality of Anthony Burgress' Alex DeLarge A Clockwork Orange. Anthony Burgess’s controversial novel and Stanley Kubrick’s awe inspiring film. Despite the intimidating reviews of critics’ nation-wide, Burgess’s masterpiece was stocked full of intensity, perspicacity and innovation. The main theme of the story is that of free will (or lack thereof). Burgess uses this story to display his own feelings on free will and spirituality. The action centers on …

…an individual's freedom of thought. “Totalitarian governments take away one’s individual choice and therefore suffocate his soul” (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/4572/discussion.html). In retrospect, while Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange stunned critics with scenes of violence and hatred, it still dazzled literary scholars with is portrayal of free will and spirituality. Through this novel, and many other outstanding works, Burgess has become one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century.