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Authors who write of other times and places help us to better understand our own lives. Discuss in terms of that statement. A “clockwork orange” can be described as something that has a convincing outer appearance yet in the inside is merely controlled by ou ....

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.... out what drives Alex’s actions: emotion. He follows no moral code nor does he even have one. However, he does follow his natural desire to sin, and can thus be described as in that his actions are controlled by his emotion. We can clearly see how Alex’s inclination to do things that satisfy his emotion are strikingly similar to our desires to do the things that we want to do. This is the whole message behind the doctrine of original sin, where Adam’s first sin against God carried into his descendants. All humans are born with the desire to do evil, and thus we can justify Alex’s violent actions. Eventually, Alex’s friends betray him ....