Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange
Authors who write of other times and places help us to better understand our own lives. Discuss A Clockwork Orange in terms of that statement.
A ?clockwork orange? can be described as something that has a convincing outer appearance yet in the inside is merely controlled by outer influences, such as a clock set in motion by its owner. In A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess takes us into the future where violent criminals are forced to be ?good,? and introduces us to Alex, a young teen who engages in a life of rape, ultra-violence, and Beethoven with his ?droogs,? or friends, and talks in the slang language of ?nadsat.? He goes through various phases in his life, evolving into a more mature level of thinking; each of these phases can be seen as clockwork orange. What makes this novel so realistic however, is how real Alex really is and how each of his phases into maturity represents a part of us.
His youth is characterized as that of a rapist, practitioner of extremely violent acts, and a lover of Beethoven. These three adjectives point out what drives Alex?s actions: emotion.
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