Alex Cross

Analysis on Alex Besides the protagonist in A Clockwork Orange, who is Alex? Many times we only look at main characters with an outsiders perspective. The characteristics of a character are important, but the main characters are often made to be so much more in the inside by the author. Most simply, from an outward perspective, who is Alex? What shaped Alex to be violent? How might have other characters influenced him to be the leader of a gang? Where did Alex’s actions leave him and did Alex understand

attempt for suicide in A Clockwork Orange, the government composes an article addressing the prevailing success the Ludovico Technique has achieved. The government subsequently restores Alex back to his old self in order to protect itself from blame on his attempted suicide. Knowingly still a threat to the government, Alex is ultimately released back into a society once again as a consequence of the government's inaccuracy and guilt. In an attempt for innovation,

society where extreme violence in youth is common. The novel follows Alex, a teenage protagonist, who narrates the audience through his violent acts. Alex is caught by the state authorities with intent to ‘reform him’. Anthony Burgess engages the audience with his text, through many in depth techniques and themes. Symbolism is displayed in many different situations throughout text, i.e. milk is a reference to the immature mindset of Alex and images of Darkness, night, Lightness and Day. Dehumanization

In Burgess’ text A Clockwork Orange, the story depicts Alex, as the protagonist-narrator, and his “Droogs, in futuristic England, where the state is oppressive and exploitive. The text is widely recognised for its originalities in the language and throughout the text, many themes and symbolic features epitomises the status of Burgess’ efforts. These approaches of literature enhances the engagement and entertainment of the audience. One of the considerable factors of the audience’s engagement is

acts of violence which relates to the acts Alex and his droogs committed in the novel. This is seen when Alex, Pete, Georgie, and Dim break into the Manse and attempt to rob an old woman. They try to walk right in with the guise that they need assistance, but the woman says no which results in Alex breaking in and causing

Clockwork Orange, Alex feels others around him are trying to take away his freedom and control him. Therefore, he commits violent and immoral acts as to him, it is the only choice not controlled by someone else. Burgess even describes the window of a law-abiding citizen to have “iron bars in

possible for a man to be pure evil. Alex is conditioned and unconditioned, and in the end all indications point to a malicious life of crime. He is a clockwork orange, programmed to be subservient to a master, whether it be the Devil, the government, or a group of men. Alex is a windup toy. However, this was not the message Burgess intended to convey. He believes that a clockwork

uses in the and also how he gets the same effect without using language as Anthony Burgess does to get the reaction out of the readers. Kubrick uses the protagonist of both the film, Alex, and his gang to show the violence that we can see in the novel through the use of language. In the beginning of the movie Alex and his gang run violently through the streets of their city and commit all kind of violent things that includes them raping a woman. This act shows us that they are violent and not to

Clockwork Orange is a film about Alex DeLarge, ( the main character of the movie, played by Malcolm Mcdowell) a teenage boy who is the leader of a gang. Alex, along with his three droogs, (Pete, Georgie, and Dim), go around town performing vicious acts of violence against society, such as beating helpless tramps and raping women. Unfortunately for Alex, his droogs aren't too happy with his ruling. As the movie goes on they begin to rebel against him. Of course, our friend Alex, like any other ruler (or

     Alex, the fifteen-year-old narrator of Anthony Burgess's novel, A Clockwork Orange, lives in a society where violence reigns. This novel has a very direct nature, and is often blunt to the point of offense, but this makes it more powerful and helps to further its point.  This point is that everyone is out for themselves, whether they be the police, government or citizens of this society.         In this book, the police can be just as violent as Alex and his