A Clockwork Orange Characters

A physically imposing, mentally deficient droog in Alex’s first gang. After Alex hits Dim for behaving boorishly, he and the rest of the droogs betray Alex. Years later, Dim becomes a policeman and, with his colleague Billyboy, unjustly apprehends and then rapes Alex.

The most even-tempered and conciliatory member of Alex’s group of droogs. At the end of the book, Alex comes across Pete and his new wife in a coffeehouse. Pete’s new, tame lifestyle seems to inspire Alex to settle down and live a more respectable life.

One of Alex’s original three droogs, who has some ambitions of leading the group. Georgie is killed while Alex is in prison.

The leader of a rival gang of droogs whom Alex fights. Later, Billyboy becomes a police officer and, with Dim, beats and rapes Alex.

Also called "The Charles," he is a cleric who takes a liking to Alex while the latter is in prison. The chaplain is deeply disturbed by Reclamation Therapy, as he believes that goodness should be a choice, not a compulsion.

A high-ranking government official and a champion of Reclamation Treatment.

The commander of the jail where Alex is imprisoned. He is skeptical about the merits of Reclamation Treatment as compared to old-fashioned imprisonment.

The slick doctor in charge of Alex’s Reclamation Therapy.

An assistant to Dr. Brodsky.

Alex’s names for his mother and father. His parents treat him with fearful deference.

A lodger who moves into Alex’s room when he is imprisoned. When Alex returns home, he finds that Joe has become a second son to his parents. Joe is later mistreated by the police, and moves back to his hometown to recover.

Alex’s world-weary Post-Corrective Adviser, assigned to keep tabs on the boy’s behavior. Deltoid seems genuinely, if a bit warily, concerned for Alex. But he is so disgusted after Alex gets arrested for rape and murder that he visits Alex in custody and spits in his face.