Theme

I am getting closer to the end of the book, and I think one of the main themes of this book is morality. How far is it okay to go to stop someone from doing something bad? The "treatment" that they use on Alex is barbaric, and I think the reader has to decide whether they think it's okay to do this to someone just so they stop committing crimes. You really have to weigh things out in your head because Alex did commit serious crimes, like murder and rape, but does anyone deserve the things that they do to him? I honestly don't know. In other words, what is the moral thing to do? I think the book is a little biased, of course, because the book is told from Alex's perspective so you really only see his suffering and not the minds behind the "treatment." I do think the treatment definitely works, but just because something works doesn't make it okay. Morality is a big theme of this book because the reader has to decide for themselves how far we should be going to stop people from committing serious crimes.