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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

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

     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

and finds the mental barriers gone and a pity dream job is handed to him to compensate for the emotional damage.      A Clockwork Orange had a loose theme of the necessity of not only good, but also evil in human nature. Alex may have been selfish and deviant but his character and the characters like him did seem to have a strong grasp on the concept that life was for living. Without the ability of choice to commit evil acts which was an impulse inside of him, his ability

have the residue of your sentence commuted to submission to what is called here, ridiculous expression, Reclamation Treatment. Will you sign?” “Oh, yes sir...” p.93 Alex is so quick to agree, because he sees the chance for his freedom. The warden warns him that this is not a gift being handed to him, but instead perhaps a curse. Alex accepts this consequence much like he must accept the consequences set upon him by society for the lifestyle he chooses to live. It is popular to argue on what is

connection between morality and conformity within the confines of the novel’s narrator, Alex. Throughout the three parts of the novel, it becomes more apparent that every seemingly harmless life can be manipulated by the clockwork of society. Alex is a young boy living in the near future, whose obsession with the brutality of the world around him causes him to act violently. The portrayal of the character Alex as both a protagonist and an antagonist highlights the psychological turmoil associated

the fight between enforced good and evil that is done voluntary. Alex is a teenager who gets a thrill

Searching Ben was at home on a Saturday night waiting on his wife. He had made reservations at her favourite restaurant. When Ben last called Claire she said she would be home in an hour. It had been two hours and there was still no sign of Claire. It was not usual of her to leave Ben uninformed. Ben’s concern grew and just as he got up to call her, there was a loud knock on the door. Ben knew it was Claire; after 6 years of marriage, he recognised her annoyingly loud knock. “Where have

To take a look into the mind of a psychopath is like looking at the gears of a clock at work. Anthony Burgess lifts the curtains in “A Clockwork Orange” showing us a peek into the mind of a psychopath and how it works. Alex, a young boy infuriated with violence, is the victim of the government's new project. Burgess’ craft in “A Clockwork Orange” sheds light on, everyone has always known but refuses to admit; It doesn't matter how hard anyone tries; people will never change. Psychopathy is the

Misty Nichols 8/15/14 Sabel AP LIT 1. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (1962) 2. Characters – Alex is the main character and the narrator of the novel; he gives us insight into the minds of the unimaginably violent youth. He is, very likely, a sociopath – he greatly enjoys classical music and seems to be quite the escapist in this instance. When he is not enjoying his music, he is the leader of a ruthless gang that haunts the streets and attacks civilians at will. He is proud of his position