Question: How exactly were the doctors able to reverse the effects and undo the Ludovico technique that Alex was subjected to?
michael g
25th Jun 2009
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Answer: When Alex jumped out of the window, the shock of the fall snapped him out of the Ludovico technique.
He mentions later that he's been having dreams of someone picking through his brain. This is the government undoing the treatment.
21st Jan 2018
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Question: Why do Alex and his droogs go to beat up the writer and his wife? What did they do to him that made him want to choose them in particular?
Answer: They don't have a reason beyond wanting to commit crimes. Alex says as much. There's nothing special about the couple, it was just a crime of opportunity.
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Chosen answer: We're never given details. Possibly electroshock therapy or somehow purging his system of the Ludovico formula.
Captain Defenestrator