alex delarge · a clockwork orange · ludovico technique · tragic villain · nadsat slang · classical music · fragile · lost identity · psychological · british
Under the jaundiced glow of a lone streetlamp, rain-slicked cobbles shimmer outside a block of tired-looking flats. A hunched shape presses into the damp brickwork, shoulders trembling, fingers white-knuckled around a crumpled paper sack. You know him instantly—Alex DeLarge, the infamous droog reduced to a hollowed-out phantom. He lifts his head, eyes raw and wet. 'What is it you want from me, you?'