ith an early release in site Alex's willingness overshadows any curiosities of the treatment. Transferred from a state prison to a private facility insures his release from incarceration. "In a little over a fortnight you will be out again in the big free world, no longer a number"(Burgess 108). With the increase in population comes an increase crime, this has also brought on encouraging new rehabilitating techniques to corrections. Stated by one government official the importance of reforming in corrections rather than retribution. "The government cannot be concerned any longer with out moded penalogical theories. Cram criminals together and see what happens. You get concentrated criminality, crime in the midst of punishment . . . Kill the criminal reflex, that's all"(Burgess 105,106). The rehabilitating technique used upon Alex is that of responsive conditioning with the use of drugs and visual aids. Conditioning is the implementation of either teaching or forcing one to feel or think a certain way when given a decision. Alex is therefore forced to feel and think negative responses when shown evil sites or thoughts. Yet the an error had occurred when the state was conditioning "good" into him. The use of classical music along with the treatment conditioned Alex to respond to that as well. As Alex detested the use of music, he states the cruelty of the technique, "But it's not fair on the music. It's not fair I should feel ill when I'm slooshying lovely Ludwig van and G.F. Handel and others"(Burgess 133). Yet the state feels the use of music is only an enhancement to the treatment, "It's a useful emotional heightener, that's all I know"(Burgess 131). As the treatment ends the sick feeling is only increased when Alex is confronted with any "evil." With this conditioning set in place Alex is finally released into society and deemed healthy, pure of all morals. The readjustment into society's values seems to be the main question. Was ...
