A dystopia is a form of a society that is in a repressed
state, usually under the facade of being utopian. The government in A Clockwork Orange
uses the Ludovico Technique to force goodness upon criminals by disabling them from
performing any kind of violence. Although the battle between good and evil is a common
theme in most literature, A Clockwork Orange introduces a slightly twisted question:
which is worse, chosen evil or forced good?
The Ludovico
Technique used on Alex in the novel represents the government's interference with
personal liberties, and the potential dangers of such interferences. It is easily
comparable to one of the most famous dystopia novels, 1984 by George Orwell, in which
government brainwashing of Oceania's citizens was commonly used as method of
control.
*Ludovico Technique involves forcing a
patient to watch violent images and films for a long time, while under the influence of
nausea-inducing dug. After several sessions, violence is directly associated with
extreme nausea and the patient is unable to perform any kind of violence without being
affected by nausea.
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