A Clockwork Orange And The Concept Of Conformity.

Throughout the novella conformity is used as an antagonistic force to free will, and to show how civilization will force conformity on humanity for its own ends and ensure the loss of individualism. Anthony Burgess achieves this through many different methods within the novel. The most obvious is the use of the Ludovico technique to show a literal enforcement of conformity within the society of A Clockwork Orange. However there are many other examples as well. Others are within part three like the constant displays of evil from other members of society towards Alex; Where the citizens of London within A Clockwork Orange break the conformity of their everyday lives by acting evil and beating on Alex. This shows that the citizens are genuinely just as evil as Alex, but act kind due to the force of conformity. Even the language within the A Clockwork Orange forces conformity. Due to Anthony Burgess' creation of a practically new language with which many of the characters speak, he is enforcing conformity on the reader. All readers must learn and understand the language to be able to read the book, thus forcing all the readers to conform to the same understanding. Thus in conclusion, conformity is used as an antagonistic force to free will, and to show that individualism, our birth right, is removed by society.