A Clockwork Orange: a critical view

By psychological definition, people affected with antisocial personality disorder (also known as "sociopaths" or "psychopaths") have incredible manipulation skills. They fail to conform to social norms, are deceitful and aggressive, and seek to destroy with little remorse. Sex, cruelty, and dominance define parts of antisocial personality behavior, and also perfectly define the odd, near-antithesis of a hero, Alex, in A Clockwork Orange who exists as the "beloved" psychopath in this story. He religiously ventures out …

…pure chance is highly improbable, the lack of a place to call home and a family that would be willing to embrace such a criminal and psychopath is appropriately portrayed. As a whole, A Clockwork Orange was an appropriate portrayal of the life and treatment of an individual with antisocial personality disorder. Though critiques are noted, the film did justice to the Pavolvian technique used in the treatment of many of these types of patients.