Passage: "Then the lights started cracking like atomics and the boot or finger-nail or, as it might be, a bit of dirt on your trouser-bottom turned into a big big big mesto, bigger than the whole world, and you were just going to get introduced to old Bog or God when it was all over. You came back to here and now whimpering sort of, with your rot all squaring ip for a boohoohoo. Now, that's very nice but very cowardly. You were not put on this earth just to get in touch with God. That sort of thing could sap all the strength and the goodness out of a chelloveck."
In this passage Alex is explaining the effect the drugs have on his friends. He comments again on God. I think the diction of the word "Bog," that Burgess has decided to use for God is extremely interesting. It gives me the feeling that these boys do not believe in God, for the word "Bog" sounds like something out of a fable; something unrealistic. That leads me to believe that everything after their episode is sarcastic. He is trying to explain how when you believe in God, you are feared into a life of goodness, which only weakens you. You should live your life to the fullest, not fearing the consequences of your sins, for "you were not put on this earth just to get in touch with God."
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