The movie A Clockwork Orange takes place in the future of London. ... The author of A Clockwork Orange is Anthony Burgess, also went by the name Joseph Kell. ... Burgess was released from the medical corp. around 1945, and then started teaching. ... In 1962 he put out A Clockwork Orange which made him famous. ...
"A Clockwork Orange stands as a great literary work, yet most copies weigh in in less then three hundred pages. ... At the end of the war, he held teaching positions at Birmingham University, the Ministry of Education, and Banbury Grammar School. ... These include The Doctor Is Sick, The Wanting Seed, A Clockwork Orange, Honey for the Bears, and Nothing Like the Sun. ... In 1971 his notoriety grew in America with the release of the movie version of A Clockwork Orange. ... A Clockwork Orange had a very small list of characters. ...
Among many things A Clockwork Orange deals with, avoidance of bad company is a major theme. ... Another strong theme in A Clockwork orange is the idea of eliminating all laws. ... Quotes such as "treat others as you would like to be treated" play major roles in both the Bible and in A Clockwork Orange. Unlike the teachings in the Bible, Alex does not regard this "golden rule". ... Alex in A Clockwork Orange was given a relatively light sentence for the crimes he committed. ...
Anthony Burgess wrote "A clockwork Orange". The freedom of choice and the rehabilitating form of corrections produces the world of A Clockwork Orange. ... "If he can only perform good or only perform evil, then he is a clockwork orange - meaning that he has the appearance of an organism lovely with colour and juice but is in fact only a clockwork toy to be wound up by God or the Devil or State" Before Alex's character is "rehabilitated" he is one of the most amoral people in the book. ... Conditioning is either teaching or forcing one to feel or think a certain way when given a decision...
A Clockwork Orange, which was written about an extraordinary amount of violence and high technology, was most likely influenced by his past war days. ... While teaching, Burgess collapsed in a classroom and decided afterwards to return to England. ...
