Alex Orange Symbolism

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

Here Kubrick and the original novel are at complete odds. Deltoid’s dialogue, faithful to the book, depicts Alex as being an inherently evil boy from “a good home” with “good, loving parents”. Kubrick’s visual direction appropriately reverses this misguided concept to show that abuse during childhood, especially that originating in the home, is what leads human beings to abuse others later in life.

One way masking is beneficial is saving people’s lives. Specifically, in Alex Rider: The Story of an Assassin, Yassen Grevovich concealed his identity to make it to the train without being killed. The text says, that Yassen’s town was destroyed by the government for an unknown reason. He was the only one that escaped from his town. Everything else was demolished completely by bombs. His parents, friends, and family were killed. Nothing was left in him but himself. He was lucky enough to make it to town, but he had nowhere to go. He decided the first thing he will do is get out of Russia. After what seemed like an eternity, he made it to the train stations. He was about to walk inside, until he saw a lot of security guards inside. He knew clearly

After a rookie mistake had Alex made, he was caught as an undercover spy. Sayle made Alex tell him everything: who he was working for, what his mission was, and how he intends to stop him. In return, Sayle told Alex all of his plans: he intended to infect the country he once loved with a deadly virus because the person who bullied him back in high school became the Prime Minister of England. He developed hatred for any changes the new Prime Minister brought in, until he couldn’t stand the country anymore. He wanted England to start anew, without a Prime Minister he despised and without the many citizens looking up to him. The quote I chose is one of Sayle’s lines, telling us that what he has accomplished means nothing because the person who called him names a long time ago is more successful. This shows the childish side of a multimillionaire criminal mastermind. The themes I took from this quote and its corresponding picture include jealousy, egoistic/arrogant mentalities, and the self-absorption that leads to a childish mentality of even adults. A heinous act based on bullying that took place many years ago was, without a doubt, an extremely childish act, especially for a grown business

Another conservative value at work in the film can also be observed in Alex's behavior. Although the character is shown to enjoy and even fight for the new political freedom, as the movie unfolds, it becomes clear that in his actions to protect his mother. Alex is also attempting to recreate an old sentiment and create a reality that he wishes

Alex from A Clockwork Orange would be given the diagnosis of Conduct Disorder. His behavior demonstrated in the movie greatly matches the DSM-V criteria of the disorder. Portion A of diagnostic criteria states that one must have persistent and repetitive violation of rights of others and the societal norms one lives. These symptoms are manifested by the at least three of the fifteen criteria points given. Alex is shown to have intimidated others (A1) and often starts fights with others (A2) such as with his friends when they questioned his authority and the gang led by Billyboy. He is cruel to people (A4) like towards friends when they wanted more equality in their group and towards F. Alexander by crippling him and raping his wife. Alex had

Starting with Alex there are questions that should be asked regarding his situation. Alex presents a self awareness of not only himself, but also his social position and future. He speaks calmly about his desire for ending his own life, and at the same time discusses his thoughts about his future specifically. He openly expressed to his parents feelings of hopelessness, and of social failings regarding his life. It

Prior to this moment, Alex is released from an experimental rehabilitation treatment to make him incapable of doing wrong. Alex has a solid commitment to the ideals of violence and has aesthetic pleasure he takes in his crimes. The delight he finds in classical music closely relates to the joy he feels during acts of violence and elevates his brutal behaviour. He believes evil represents a natural state for human beings. The State, who seeks to deny him of the decisions to act cruelly, encroaches on his freedom as a person. Thus, in choosing savagery, Alex ultimately affirms his sense of self. He never truly understands his entitlement. At the end of the treatment, he deprives the ability to make moral choices

During fight scenes it is apparent that Alex enjoys the pain he inflicts upon others. Because fighting is a frequent occurrence, he tries to make each one more pleasurable, interesting, and artistic. When Alex and his droogs come across Billyboy who is raping an innocent girl with his gang, this fight scene is depicted artistically by Alex, the narrator. Even though it is evil, horrible, and violent, there is gracefulness present through his actions. He states, "but for my own part [I] had a fine starry horrorshow cut-throat britva which, at that

In order to imbue rebellion to the nadsat culture, the use of this slang also conveys a novelty within the subculture that discerns nadsat from the society. In her work, Manning states that “Language isn't static” and it evolves constantly, creating new words and slangs through time. As the slang used in the novella is always in vogue, inventive and evolving, nadsat is easily able to confuse mature people. During Alex’s talk with Dr. Brodsky narrator explains; “He didn't get nadsat-talk at all” as Alex’s use of words such as “pee and em” confuses his company. Dr. Brodsky’s disorientation can be regarded as the manifestation of the rapidly evolving nature of the youth and unceasing search for identity in each generation.

Alex continually has suspicion over his friends because it is part of his nature to doubt even his group of friends. Alex “played with care, with great care, the greatest, saying, smiling: ‘Good.” (Burgess 57) as he spoke to his friends. He carefully chooses his words when expressing his feeling due to the fact that he always wants to come out looking more powerful and controlled than the people around him. This absence of trust in others causes Alex to have only strained and fake relationships which is another factor that sets him aside from everyone

While some can argue that Alex shows no remorse for what he’s done and should be punished, others argue that he is a young man who has a definite mental disorder and becomes a victim of a system that focuses more on its own image than the welfare of its charges. When Alex speaks of his realization that Beethoven is being played over the films he is forced to watch, “Then I noticed, in all my pain and sickness, what music it was that like crackled and boomed on the sound-track, and it was Ludwig van, the last movement of the Fifth Symphony…,” it is clear that he is in pain and distress, as the doctors pervert the one thing that brings him actual joy (Burgess 113). The readers are given a glimpse of a vulnerable Alex, and it is up to the reader’s discretion to decide whether or not they feel that he or any other criminal, regardless of crimes committed, deserves to be in that

In the books, he rapes two young girls he had previously gotten drunk. This shows a more morally deprived character as compared to the Alex in the movies. While Alex still molests two girls, the exchange is seemingly done without force with girls who look close in age to the Alex portrayed in the movie. While this is still not a good set of actions, it shows that Alex in the movie isn’t as depraved as the Alex in the

The assault of an elderly lady, which ultimately leads to her death, results in Alex being violently arrested, interrogated and finally sentenced to fourteen years in prison. In prison, Alex is constantly endangered by guards and cellmates. However, after killing a fellow inmate, Alex volunteers for an anti-violence treatment called ‘Ludovico’s Technique’ which consists of associative learning. Alex is injected a substance causing nausea, while being presented with violent film sequences accompanied with classical music. Classical music being his only passion, he furiously tries to escape in order to be able to continue enjoying classical music. However, he is violently kept by the guards and ultimately learns to associate violence with nausea

Alex Rider is the main character in the book Stormbreaker, he is trained to be a spy. Alex has dirty blonde hair and it cut just like short. Alex is 14 and had muscles that he had gotten from karate. He had showed many traits. Alex showed bravery when he was about to jump out of a window. He did not pause to think about not doing it he just did it because he knew that he had to do it. Alex also showed he doesn't trust everything. He was chained in a chair not knowing what would happen next when Vole comes in and tells him that she is on his side but instead of trusting her right away he starts to question her. Alex is also very observant. After telling Sayle all the information he knew Sayle told him about his childhood instead of zoning out Alex took it his advantage and he listened quietly in order to use it against him later. Alex is a fast thinker. At one point he was trapped in aquarium with a giant jellyfish that had nothing better to do than to try and kill him. Alex knew that whatever he did that was sudden would not work so he thought hard and he