- Alex is brought into a little auditorium filled with people.
- He stands on stage in front of them, with a spotlight upon him.
- No, it's not the annual prison talent show: it's an announcement that Alex has been cured.
- He is no longer a "wretched hoodlum" and there will be a demonstration to prove it.
- Some audience members are skeptical.
- A man emerges from backstage, and calls Alex a stinky heap of dirt and slaps him.
- Alex does nothing as the man knocks him down and stomps on his chest.
- The violence makes Alex feel sick.
- The man won't let Alex up unless he licks the bottom of his shoe.
- And Alex licks it.
- And again.
- And again.
- That concludes the first demonstration.
- As Alex is still on the ground, a topless woman emerges from behind the curtain.
- Alex stares at her chest and thinks about raping her.
- He reaches his hands for her breasts, but he can't touch them. He feels sick again.
- The woman bows theatrically and leaves the stage as the audience applauds.
- The Minister of the Interior joins Alex on stage and explains that Alex is cured.
- But the chaplain argues, saying it's the fear of pain that keeps Alex from doing bad, not any sort of a moral choice.
- The Minister is only concerned with cutting down crime, no matter the means.
- And Alex is freed.