Alex Karev

Clockwork Orange and Atonement, the protagonists of each novel make ethical decisions that fundamentally change the plot of novel and the characters themselves. Anthony Burgess’ book A Clockwork Orange features a fifteen-year old delinquent by the name of Alex who continuously looks for trouble, but when he tries to assert dominance over his gang, he is betrayed. After getting caught by the police, he spends sometime in jail before getting brainwashed and becoming incapable of doing anything evil. Meanwhile

Fifteen year old Alex Delarge immediately becomes the object of our eyes when he approaches the screen with an obscure look, giving off vibes of an egregious attitude and manner. Alex leads a life of crime and “ultra-violence” which would best be defined as the highest form of offense. Throughout the film Alex displays an interest in causing havoc and pain towards others, Alex subjects his victims to situations in which they are left feeling vulnerable and sometimes even lifeless. Alex identifies as

The functions of language in the novel A Clockwork Orange and how those functions are achieved in the film. The argot in the novella A Clockwork Orange has many functions. Anthony Burgess uses the Nadsat to alienate the reader, veil the violence and occasionally draw the reader into the action. Although Burgess uses language to achieve these functions, Stanley Kubrick uses various cinematic techniques to achieve these functions in the film. This will be further substantiated in the essay. Anthony

he just a clockwork orange? This concept of humanity is closely examined throughout A Clockwork Orange. The novel’s protagonsist, Alex, is a 15 year old who has an abnormal affinity for crime and violence. Following an aggressive episode that leads to the death of an elderly woman, Alex finds himself sentenced to 14 years in the staja. After only two years in prison, Alex is offered an ultimatum: he could serve the remainder of the 14 year sentence, or he could in gain freedom by participating in Ludovico’s

Alex, the Faustian hero or more accurately, the anti-hero of A Clockwork Orange - a vicious and degenerate leader of a bunch of criminals, targets the feeble and the innocent. Though foolish, his attentiveness of his malicious disposition shows his ability to understand goodness and reject its relevance. When the social order tries to impose goodness upon Alex, he turns into the victim. (Jackson, 2012). He is this violent and irrational

important to remember that Alex is a teenager and that Nadsat is only used by him and other teenagers like his droogs. Thus Nadsat is the teenager argot/slang. Alex uses this argot/slang to express himself; through this use of slang it becomes clear that he finds sense of freedom that he is only able to find in a few other activities. When Alex undergoes the Lodovico treatment he stops using Nadsat language and starts using regular English. This change in language indicates how Alex undergoes the process

Spilt is a movie about a man named Kevin who is diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) as he has 23 alter identities. He kidnaps three teenage girls and holds them captive in the cell basement of Philadelphia Zoo. The movie plot revolves around Kevin, Dr. Fletcher who is his psychiatrist, and how the girls try to break free. After kidnapping, Kevin’s one of alter identity, Barry, a sketch artist, is shown in Dr. Fletcher’s office. The psychiatrist does take note of his unusual behavior

A Clockwork Orange Literary Analysis This summer, I chose the novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess for my assigned reading. While the text addresses multiple important themes and lessons for society, the most important is the idea of free will or lack thereof throughout the plotline. Burgess’ use of a dystopian mix of the capitalistic and communistic systems of government to create the totalitarian regime in his novel as well as various developments and character paths, and finally, the use

Alex is caught (page 70): Alex had held firm in his belief that it was better to run oneself by feeling as opposed to thought, and this was exhibited by his rash actions of violence. Additionally he used his youth to his advantage to remain out of trouble with the authorities but his youth was actually a large part in his capture. He hadn't really considered that he might ever get caught, hadn't truly believed that his drools would really betray him because he thought so highly of himself. However

The gruesome adaptation of Alex 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