War In Alex Jackson's Forbidden City

I really admire the character of Alex because he is very courageous and intelligent. At the beginning of the book, Alex wanted to find out if the story about his uncle getting in a car accident was true or not, so he went to the auto wreckage center nearest his house to search for the car. Once he had been searching a lot for the vehicle, he ended up finding it to see it in perfect condition except for bullet holes in the windshield (p. 19). He heard people coming, so he hid inside the car. Then a big crane picked the car up and starting smashing it in a machine, with Alex still inside! After all the struggling, he managed to get out of the car just before it went through the part of the machine that totally crushes the car into a cylinder (p. 24). I felt pretty bad for Alex. It must have been hard for him to have to go through a really brutal training camp for something he didn’t even want to do, especially since he had just lost his last family member. He had no idea what was going to happen to him

         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.

Alex is a pilot in the Navy that is very proud of his military discipline and high standards. He came to see Dr Paul after he bombarded a school in Baghdad thinking that it was an insurgent safe house. As soon as Alex gets in the doctor’s office, he adopts an arrogant position and almost does not let Dr Paul talk. Alex tests Paul all the time, trying to control the topic of the

War can be defined as “an active struggle between competing entities. It’s truly hard to tell who is right or wrong during a war. Both sides are fighting for what they believe in and what is true to their heart. In the end there is always two things promised – destruction and death. These two objects can explain the result in every facet of war from the physical to emotional.

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

War: a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state. War is inevitable. Especially in the cases in which one country has a desire to break free from another country and/or its influences. This, at least, was the basic reason as to why the Vietnam war and the Revolutionary war started. As a matter of fact, these two wars are strangely similar. The Revolutionary war and the Vietnam war are alike because, they had similar war strategies, they had similar characteristics, and most importantly, they had the same reasons for going to war. Moreover, these two wars are strangely alike.

War can destroy and divide individuals. For instance, when Tim is asked by Mr. Heron to deliver a secret message, but his father doesn't want him to. The reason Tim was doing this is because he wanted to impress Sam, but father wouldn't let him because he could get lost or hurt. When Tim said,” … I didn't mean I have any opinion.” This shows that he doesn't know if he should go

It is very shocking to read about the journeys he goes through, traveling all over New York, just to find his parents while taking care of his siblings. I really enjoy how the author puts tension into Alex's day-to-day struggles through chilling moral dilemmas, whether to rob the dead, who to save during a food riot and how long to preserve the hope that his parents might return. Throughout the book, it was amusing to read and notice how Alex matures as he goes through each obstacle, caring more and more for his sisters and wondering if they all will ever see their parents alive again. The journeys he goes on involve several natural disasters making the novel so astounding. Just imagine seeing volcanic eruptions and tsunamis flood all the way to New York City.

Alex's dad Ted also matures greatly. When Alex and his father first witness the issues in china, Ted is focused on getting the award winning shot of the war. Although what is happening outside is very dangerous and scary, Ted has his mind set on getting the perfect shot and he does not care what is in his way. He does not realize how serious the situation is until it affects him directly. When Alex and Ted where separated, Ted realized that what's happening right outside his window, is no longer a joke and it should be taken seriously. Ted realizing that the war is not a joke anymore is shown when he says "Then when I realized that you weren't at the hotel, that you were gone, it wasn't a game anymore." (273) Ted realizes that this war is a very big issue that must be stopped when he loses his son. He matures throughout that point in the book and becomes a better more caring person. Also this whole experience makes Ted finally understands something that Alex has been trying to teach him since the beginning of the novel. A hobby, although you may think it's the most important thing to you. There are things that are way more important. At the beginning of the novel Ted thinks his camera is the most important thing in the world, but after losing Alex and seeing how people are watching their own family members get shot in China, he says "I realized it could've been you Alex. All those kids about your age, shot down, bleeding in the street. Any one of them could have been you." (273) His experiences in China make him understand that he could lose Alex any second, and he definetly did not want that reason to be because of a camera or a picture. His number one priority should not be his camera but it should be Alex and his loved ones. Ted takes his experience in China and uses it to understand that family always comes

Alex is a young man who seems to be very well educated but does something that gives him the allusion of a "nutcase." Since he seems to be well educated, Alex has probably lived most his life studying and staying in school to learn but never got a chance to experience life outside of his town.The book states that he had not talked to his parents for two years for reasons unknown and it could be suspected that he then realized that this was his chance to escape into the wilderness and live off the land for as long as he wanted to. He seems determined and excited to finally be out on his own which means that he wont give up easy and unfortunately might push himself past his limits and lead him to death. His lack of care about the rules of the

He is deceiving his parents, Pee and Em, insinuating that he has a job and that is why he is out all night and comes home with a bunch of money. Instead, he is out causing havoc among the city. He and his droogs start off every night by going to the Korova milk bar. There they go out to see the old ladies where they buy drinks and make friends with the old ladies so that the older ladies can cover for them. There are a couple of events in the night that happen and show the reader Alex’s true colors. There is an incident with and old drunk man in the streets. The man is talking about how the kids have ruined his beautiful country. Alex and his friends decide that this man has to be stopped and proceed to beat the hell out of him and leave him there to rot. Alex and his droogs also run into someone around their age in the night. The only difference between Alex and his droogs and this kid is that; this kid is a bookworm and is more into books rather than violence. They harass this kid by beating the hell out of the kid and shredding all of his reading material. They also arrive at a shop where they decide that they want to go in and rob the shop owner. Though they are young, Alex and his friends are smart. They use Masks to go in and rob this store of their cigarettes and money. While in the process of robbing this man and his store they also decide to just have fun with him and torture him. Alex and his

‘War’ as defined by Webster’s Dictionary is a state of open and declared, hostile armed conflict between states or nations. Voltaire—the human personification of the Enlightenment period—says the following: “Famine, plague, and war are the three most famous ingredients of this wretched world…All animals are perpetually at war with each other…Air, earth and water are arenas of destruction. Defining war has been a political issue for centuries, and it poses a philosophical problem. Most philosophers will agree on war being a clash of arms, or a state of mutual tension between nations or states, distinguishing it from open rebellions, riots, and personal violence.

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,

end of the story Alex decides that he is ready to become a man.  During

War is a conflict carried out by force of arms, between nations, states or between parties within a nation which can be on land, sea or in the air, always caused by something. It’s a clash of interests which results in violent armed struggles and can affect