Week 1

"What's it going to be then, eh?" - Alex

This line is repeated several times over the course of the first 3 pages. It sets up the idea that the youth of the country is listless and bored, and to alleviate this, they engage in "Ultra-violence". This idea could possibly relate to a post-World War II mindset that violence is an appropriate response, or more likely, to rage against a government that seems to be absent, and not trying to stop the ultra-violence.