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    Essay on The Paradox of A Clockwork Orange

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    The grace of evil in A Clockwork Orange is a recurring paradox throughout the novel and also implies a deep religious connotation. The main foci are the several aspects of evil, violence, and sexual acts committed by Alex and his gang members. However, Anthony Burgess has cleverly incorporated similar paradoxes to that of grace and evil, along with a different dialect to aid in masking the true harshness that lies underneath the violence. The other paradoxes include the extremes of night and day

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    characteristic, the sci-fi novel, he has created an aspect of what he chose to observe: Rebellion. Our hero, Alex, begins the novel by explaining his mischeviouse exploits in a manner not far from nostalgia, that is tainted with a bit of sarcasm for any bleeding-heart pity one might feel for his victims, as when he recalls his own realization of the importance of the term, "A Clockwork Orange." Alex says of the author and his wife that he "would like to have

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    A Clockwork Orange Essay

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    the novel that the police even consider such brutality to be fun. When Alex is taken into custody, he refuses to speak until he has a lawyer. He knows the law, he says. The head policeman replies, “…we know the law too, but that…isn’t everything.” He then proceeds to punch Alex in the stomach as the other policemen “laugh their gullivers off.” One cannot help but to compare the brutality of Alex to that of the policemen. Alex is an adolescent, yet the people put in place to control him exhibit the

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    orange," a mechanism designed by a exterior force that is disguised in human flesh. Free will is a necessity for human life but it becomes a problem when we extend that power to the community as a whole as we can see in the novel. This is proven when Alexs commits his several acts of unprovoked violence. A philosopher named John Stuart Mill termed the "harm principle," .The harm principle is any action is permissible so long as it does not harm

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    Orange Research Paper The Clockwork Orange unfolds in the streets of a dark, mysterious, futuristic city. Alex, the 15 year old leader of a violent gang that goes on a rampage involving: mugging, a convenience store robbery, a rival gang fight, grand theft auto, gang rapes, vandalism, and arson. Alex who entice himself with all these violent acts eventually gets jailed for his crimes. Alex will undergo in a "reform" treatment called Ludovico's Technique. A behavioral-brainwashing procedure involving

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    A Clockwork Orange Banned

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    same name that was written by Anthony Burgess in 1963. The story begins with the main character, Alex narrating while he and his fellow gang members Georgie, Dim and Pete sit in the Korova Milk Bar discussing what violent acts they will be part of that night. The drink of choice is milk that is laced with drugs that is dispensed from the breast of nude statues of women that adorn the bar. After Alex and his gang leave the Korova, they go on a crime spree that includes mugging, robbery, a gang fight

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    Essay On Alex The Movie

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    useless and the gangs come out at night. Alex and his droogs are one of these gangs. They spend their nights drinking drug laced milk, getting into gang wars, and committing some good old rape and ultra-violence. Tension arises between the group which leads to Alex getting arrested. While imprisoned, he is introduced to a new rehabilitation technique sponsored by the government that promises to cure him of his violent nature. But it proves to be much worse than Alex anticipated, as just the mere thought

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    questions such as, is this better for society? How does free will affect humanity? Is it better to have goodness or have the choice of goodness? Alex is part of an experiment that helps us answer these question. And so we are forced to think, is it better to be bad by choice than forced to be good? Part one of the novel lets us explore the society Alex and his droogs live in

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    first six chapters of the novel, Alex asserts his free will by choosing a course of wickedness. He is subsequently arrested in chapter 7 of part one of the novel, when he is caught red-handed in the middle of committing a crime and is taken to prison. In prison, Alex learns about the Ludovico's Technique, a method that robs the subject of his/her will to choose but grants the subject's release and freedom. Alex's one and only friend in prison, the chaplain, cautions Alex of the treatment, emphasizing

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    A clockwork orange by Anthony Burgess is commonly(different verb) praised for shedding light on Toxic masculinity - even in 2018 - when in fact perpetuates and even normalizes this toxic form of masculinity. The form of barbaric violent masculinity alex portrays is just that, barbaric and violent to men and women today. However a Clockwork orange almost “inspires” some to adopt this toxic masculinity. Anthony Burgess tries to raise awareness for a reality he unknowingly inaugurates. I cannot speak

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