Alex Turner

poet named Alex Turner. He has influenced me in a number of ways including; inspiring me to take writing seriously, introducing me to new literature, and teaching me the art of thinking before speaking. My introduction to the work of Alex Turner came as a recommendation from a friend in High School. As a huge indie rock, music-enthusiast the chance to hear work that was unfamiliar always excited me. So immediately after school that afternoon, I downloaded the entire discography Alex Turner wrote and

Do I Wanna Know? by the Arctic Monkeys is a song about a man who wants a girl back. The theme that Alex Turner, the song’s writer, could be trying to get across is that love is very difficult to let go of. In the song, Turner writes “Been wondering if your heart's still open and if so I wanna know what time it shuts.” These lyrics express his questions about the way she feels for him. Turner also continually questions in the song “Do I wanna know?”, which really highlights the indecision he is facing

and poet Alex Turner. He has influenced me in a number of ways including; inspiring me to take writing seriously, introducing me to new literature, and teaching me the art of thinking before speaking. My introduction to the work of Alex Turner not only invoked an emotional response out of me like no other artist had previously done, but also greatly inspired me to take my hobby of writing seriously. I vividly remember the day a friend of mine recommended I check out the band that Alex Turner fronts

that very reason, for it is in music that our modern day versions of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman thrive, just with a little embellished musical flair. Alex Turner from the Arctic Monkeys is one such modern-day poet that has captivated my attention and the attention of countless other hopeless romantics. The lyrics and music that Alex Turner writes bring a fresh take on the rock genre and will hold a place in the rock and roll hall of fame. With the Arctic Monkeys distinct style,

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, Atonement written by Ian McEwan stars a thirteen-year old girl named Briony Tallis who falsely accuses Robbie Turner of being Lola Quincey’s attacker. After Robbie spends time in jail

life from the eyes of a fifteen year old English hoodlum. Burgess effectively broke arcane traditions when he wrote A Clockwork Orange by blending two forms of effective speech into the vocabulary of the narrator and protagonist, Alex. Burgess, through his character Alex, uses the common or "proper" method of vernacular in certain situations, while uses his own inventive slang-language called "Nadsat" for others. Many

future. However, for many, it is close to impossible to comprehend without outside help. This is because Burgess created a language specifically for this novel, called Nadsat. This Russian-based language forms conversations between the narrator, Alex, and his teenage, delinquent friends. There are many assumptions as to why Burgess chose to complicate A Clockwork Orange by filling it with the confusing Nadsat language. Some opinions are that the language shows A Clockwork Orange readers

Pleasantville and A Clockwork orange are both films that have certain things that are abnormal. Pertaining to Pleasantville it begins in black and white and end to be in color because of being exposed of certain things. In a Clockwork Orange that is exposed with violence robbery is highly unusual because it is not something morally right to do. While analyzing both of these movies they both have certain distortions that can be covered that make their own individually, out of ordinary, a tad shocking

his character in Stanley Kubrick’s ‘A clockwork orange’ Alex Delarge and the similarities between the two

life from the eyes of a fifteen year old English hoodlum. Burgess effectively broke arcane traditions when he wrote A Clockwork Orange by blending two forms of effective speech into the vocabulary of the narrator and protagonist, Alex. Burgess, through his character Alex, uses the common or “proper” method of vernacular in certain situations, while uses his own inventive slang-language