Question: what happens to alex in a clockwork orange

title: Alex (A Clockwork Orange)
text: Alex lives with his parents in a block of flats in a dystopian England in which his brand of `` ultraviolence '' is common . At the age of 15 , he is already a veteran of state reform institutions ( In the film , he is somewhat older ) . While the youngest of his gang , he is the most intelligent , and designates himself as the leader . Another member of the gang , Georgie , resents his high - handedness , and begins plotting against him along with the rest of the gang . One night , the gang breaks into a woman 's house , and Alex assaults and kills her by ramming her face with a sculpture of a penis and testicles ( in the book it is a bust of Beethoven ) . As Alex flees from the house after hearing police sirens , Dim hits him with a milk bottle ( his chain in the book ) and the gang leaves him to be arrested . Alex is found guilty of murder and sentenced to 14 years in prison .