A Clockwork Orange By Anthony Burgess

         What is interesting is how later in the novel, Alex happens upon Alexander's home again, forgetting exactly why it seems so familiar.  Alexander gets his revenge on the poor Alex, who opens up to the horrors he suffered in prison, unknowingly telling Alexander ways to harm him.  Alexander represents Burgess' desire for vengeance; Burgess is able to take out his anger on Alex, a murdering rapist.

The last reason he is clever was for a situations on the plane. The book says, “Wait a minute… asking him to carry it” (Horowitz 148-149). The quote explains that he was undercover with a couple of CIA agents and the woman who was acting as the mother said he should keep is seatbelt because the seatbelt light was still on and instead of saying no and make a scene with his fake mom he said ok mother and put his seatbelt back on. Also at the start of the plane flight they have him a Gameboy, which he thought was just a nice gift, but he realized they gave it to him because he would look the least suspicious with it because it had gadgets in it which would help them on the mission. The second word that describes Alex is curious. Towards the beginning of the book it states, “He was in a underground… telephone conversation in his mind” (Horowitz 46-47). The quote is about when he followed the guard around the tennis courts to see whom he was going to meet. Later, he realized that it was a trap, which led to the fight where he knocked out the security

Alex matures and grows through his experiences in China and is now aware of the human consequences that war has. Alex’s growth and maturity is shown when his dad is captured by PLA. Proof of this is when Alex and his dad are talking over the two way radio before Ted gets captured. He is very concerned for his Dad at this point in the book. This event is the beginning of Alex’s awakening. This event hits Alex hard and makes him realize the reality behind war. Another event that helps Alex articulate his new vision of war is when he sees Lau Xu die right in front of his eyes. He even describes the details of the shooting when he says “Crack! Lau Xu spun around, his arms flung skyward. Before he fell the AK 47 spit flame again and the burst blew Lao xu off his feet” (Bell 114). Another example of Alex’s growth leading up to his epiphany of hating war is when Xin-hua gets shot. This happens when Alex starts to beg the officer to let her go and says” Please let me talk to your commanding officer. I just want to-...CRACK. The sound of a single gunshot. I turned to look into the trees where they had taken Xin-Hua. Oh God no, I moaned. No, No ,Nooooooo!” (Bell 183). Alex is now fully aware of the horrible consequences of war after witnessing the death of his friends and his father getting

In Ken Kesey’s book, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, there were two main characters that were in a battle to have the majority of control over the ward. Throughout the story, they engaged in different acts of stubbornness to see who could display the most power and which of the two could stand their ground the longest without giving in to the other. These two characters were: Randle McMurphy, a new patient who was determined to change the ways of the ward, and Nurse Ratched, the head nurse of the asylum who preferred to have complete control over everyone and everything.

Works of literature innately embody the author’s ideology and the historical context of the given time period. Within the novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Ken Kesey, the author furthers his ideals against the issue of oppression as he attempts to take stabs against its deteriorating effects and support those who rebel. Set in the microcosm of a small mental hospital, he establishes man’s external struggle to overcome tyranny. At the head of the head of the ward is the corrupted character of Nurse Ratched, who rules with an iron fist and the help of her machine like aides. It also features the nonconformist character, McMurphy, as he works to break Nurse Ratched’s endless cycle of tyranny. Although the novel shifts between the

Many times throughout one of Ken Kesey’s most famous novels, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, the book uses animals as symbols to represent the story’s plot. The animals usually relate to individual characters and their current struggles within the story. Animal imagery provides us with great insight to the themes that Kesey is trying to have us explore, and is a very good tool that the reader can use to help better understand and relate to the characters.

Pip’s friends argued at the dinner table, which Jaggers must have found rude or disrespectful. So, Dicken’s message must be to have good manners if you are somebody’s guest and keep your arguments between you and the other person you are arguing with,

First, I have a couple of questions for this book. My first question is why did the people come after Alex? I processed it over and he was doing illegal actions. The law was cracking down on unlawful behavior. My second colossal question is why was he sentenced to the most security prison? He did a smallish crime

In Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, readers are thrust into the unknown and sometimes terrifying world of mental patients at a psychiatric ward. In the novel, narrator Chief Bromden describes the events that happen in his day-to-day life after a new ward patient, Randle McMurphy, is admitted. Throughout most of the story, McMurphy constantly challenges the Big Nurse in charge of the ward, Nurse Ratched, and ridicules her futile attempts to force him to conform to the monotonous life shared by the other patients. Although McMurphy is able to change many of the patient’s lives for the better, Nurse Ratched ultimately wins by essentially turning him into a vegetable and regaining control over the ward. One of the biggest themes

The literary element setting includes the time when the story happens and location where the story takes place. Some stories use variety of settings to initiate an interesting beginning. However, the 12 Angry Man has only one fixed setting – the jury room, which is not commonly used in a novel. The author, Reginald Rose, overcomes the limitation in setting by describing changes in weather, initiating different types of character and imitating the events of the murder.

Characterized as a lively boy, Alexander most commonly played soldiers with his friends, Alex being the “commander” and his friends the “Troops”. “No matter how much he asked of them, he invariably asked twice as much from himself” (Wise 15). The boys themselves “Instinctively admired his enthusiasm, his imagination and his fearlessness and were willing to obey his commands and to undertake whatever strenuous adventures he planned for them” (Wise 15). His teacher at the time said, “ It seemed impossible to believe that a mere six-year-old boy could possess such an active and mature mind.” (Wise 13). The age of twelve,when his mother ended up dying, his brother James was six. Attaining a job at eleven, Alex learned how to support his family; contradictory to this, the separation from his brother a few years later occurred when his

However, youth like Alex cannot be caught in the expected rubric of life and hence, they retaliate. Nevertheless, one cannot justify Alex’s actions worth applauding but Burgess seems to favour their actions as the only possible outlet for suppressed angst. In the first act, fourth chapter, Alex says,

The first person he met was Jan Burres. He told her a different name, in which was Alex. He was the same age as Jan’s son. Her son has been estranged for a few years, so they haven’t talked in awhile. She said “ I have a son about the same age Alex was, and we've been estranged for a few years now.” So he left a strong impression on her by being a son figure to her.

A Clockwork Orange demonstrates the philosophically issues of free will and determinism through how the main character was treated in the movie. It also addresses important issues such as ethics, philosophy of the mind, free will and determinism, and the problem of perception. Philosophers such as John Hospers, B.F. Skinner, and Jean-Paul Sartre have different views on the issue through their theories of how individuals are or are not responsible for the free will choices that they make in life. The main character in the movie was a very violent , and reckless person. He participated in sinful acts such as being a gang member, raping women, being involved in fights, etc. These actions resulted in him being sent to prison and eventually being brainwashed into doing things out of his character. The three philosophers have very different interpretations of how the main character should have been dealt with and the reasonings behind his actions.

Alex's world is characterized by class collectivism and dullness. For him the middle class remains behind closed doors enjoying the commodities of televised entertainment, while the working spend most of their time at work or asleep. Demarcated from the society by its own language, nadsat, the violent Modern Youth lives in a different world. Thus no accepted form of social identification exists for Alex, and life in