F. Alexander Character Analysis in A Clockwork Orange

A writer who lives in the cottage called HOME that Alex and his droogs break into, proceeding then to rape and murder his wife. Later, F. Alexander unknowingly takes Alex in after Alex coincidentally returns to his home to seek help. F. Alexander is writing a book called A Clockwork Orange, which is an activist polemic against Reclamation Therapy. When he discovers that Alex was responsible for the rape and murder of his wife, he is determined to harm Alex and ends up imprisoned himself.

F. Alexander Quotes in A Clockwork Orange

The A Clockwork Orange quotes below are all either spoken by F. Alexander or refer to F. Alexander. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

). Note: all page numbers and citation info for the quotes below refer to the W. W. Norton & Company edition of A Clockwork Orange published in 1995.

You’ve sinned, I suppose, but your punishment has been out of all proportion. They have turned you into something other than a human being. You have no power of choice any longer. You are committed to socially acceptable acts, a little machine capable only of good. And I see that clearly—that business about the marginal conditionings. Music and the sexual act, literature and art, all must be a source now not of pleasure but of pain.

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Page Number and Citation: 174

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F. Alexander Character Timeline in A Clockwork Orange

The timeline below shows where the character F. Alexander appears in A Clockwork Orange. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...figure out the man’s name. Upon reading a copy, Alex discovers the man is named F. Alexander . The book itself is an impassioned polemic against the government’s attempts to mechanize citizens,... (full context)

Alex comes downstairs for breakfast, and F. Alexander explains that he has been up for hours making phone calls. Alex remarks that he... (full context)

Three of F. Alexander ’s political allies come to the house to meet Alex. Alex greets them in typical... (full context)

F. Alexander fixates on the word “dim” and recalls that it sounds like a familiar name. Alex... (full context)

...chaplain, who reveals that he has left the penal system to preach on his own. F. Alexander ’s cohorts also arrive to triumphantly tell Alex that his actions have ruined the government’s... (full context)

...and explains that the real people who sought to harm Alex were the ones like F. Alexander , who tried to use the boy as a political tool. The Minister goes on... (full context)