Character Background:
Alex is an 18 year old boy, by the end of his prison sentence. He is 15 years old at the beginning, when he is first caught and put on trial. He is a teen in 1960 England, in what seems to be dingy and dark but full of scholars and terrific writers. Alex has sociopathic tendencies and seems to fantasize about murder and rape. He even likes to spike his milk with hallucinogenic. However, Alex is a big fan of Ludwig Van Beethoven and takes pleasure in listening to Beethoven to accompany his awful thoughts. Family Relations:
Alex is an only child, who seems content with being that way. Though both of his parents are in the picture and seem to care for Alex. Alex greatly dismisses them, ignoring any concern they might have …show more content…
Alex begins to consider getting married and settling down. However, given his past and one simply cannot just dismiss the disturbing sexual urges they had once had, not to mention Alex’s seeming negative outcome in his current stage, it is easy to assume in his upcoming stage Alex is going to see issues. Alex might seem normal at first however, issues will arise given his issues at his previous stages. When trying to find intimacy, Alex might choose people that are bad for him to date or just begin to avoid genuine feelings of love altogether. Given Alex’s impulsive behavior one could assume that he might be too maladaptive in the 6th stage of intimacy v.s. Isolation. One could infer that he is going to jump around from partner to partner. The reason for the partner being switched about often is solely due to the fact that given his maladaptation in stages 3 and 2, Alex is going to see someone else he might want and chase after her, leaving his current partner with little regard for their feelings as he begins to bounce around from partner to partner. Another issue that will arise is the fact Alex had never truly found himself in the world, if he is no supposedly done being a sociopath. Alex now has to find his new role in being a contributing member to society and how to do so, instead of his previous role of a
Alex is an 18 year old boy, by the end of his prison sentence. He is 15 years old at the beginning, when he is first caught and put on trial. He is a teen in 1960 England, in what seems to be dingy and dark but full of scholars and terrific writers. Alex has sociopathic tendencies and seems to fantasize about murder and rape. He even likes to spike his milk with hallucinogenic. However, Alex is a big fan of Ludwig Van Beethoven and takes pleasure in listening to Beethoven to accompany his awful thoughts. Family Relations:
Alex is an only child, who seems content with being that way. Though both of his parents are in the picture and seem to care for Alex. Alex greatly dismisses them, ignoring any concern they might have …show more content…
Alex begins to consider getting married and settling down. However, given his past and one simply cannot just dismiss the disturbing sexual urges they had once had, not to mention Alex’s seeming negative outcome in his current stage, it is easy to assume in his upcoming stage Alex is going to see issues. Alex might seem normal at first however, issues will arise given his issues at his previous stages. When trying to find intimacy, Alex might choose people that are bad for him to date or just begin to avoid genuine feelings of love altogether. Given Alex’s impulsive behavior one could assume that he might be too maladaptive in the 6th stage of intimacy v.s. Isolation. One could infer that he is going to jump around from partner to partner. The reason for the partner being switched about often is solely due to the fact that given his maladaptation in stages 3 and 2, Alex is going to see someone else he might want and chase after her, leaving his current partner with little regard for their feelings as he begins to bounce around from partner to partner. Another issue that will arise is the fact Alex had never truly found himself in the world, if he is no supposedly done being a sociopath. Alex now has to find his new role in being a contributing member to society and how to do so, instead of his previous role of a