Thomas nelson says understanding of nadsat comes to the reader covertly, through the intricacies of style and rhetoric. These hidden meanings could not be voiced in the movie, that is why in the movie Alex not only lacks conscience, like an innocent, but knowledge as well. (Nelson 136).
In 1971 a clockwork orange was turned into a movie. It was directed by Stanley Kubric. The movie had a powerful impact upon our culture. It brought all of Anthony Burgess" ideas of ultra-violence into full picture and color. Alex in the movie is slightly different then Alex in the film. In the book his crimes were even more brutal then the movie, since in the book Alex always chose 10 year old girls as his victims to intensify his violent thrills . (Wagner, 331).
While burgess depicts Alex as knowledgeable, Kubric depicts him as ignorant. There are two main reasons for this. The first one is because when the book was released in America it actually had the last chapter missing, which is where Alex is finally depicted as a man growing older, maybe not wiser, but older. The other is because the novel had a glossary where all of Alex's words are explained in the glossary, and you can understand that he is actually speaking in a knowledgeable way, while in the movie nothing is explained and you are left to figure it out for yourself, But what the film lacks in dialect, because you cannot understand most of the words, it makes up in imagery. The adaptation by Kubric was criticized because of its depiction of such horrible crimes in great detail. It was even almost banned in England because of its violent nature. The movie did for the Hollywood world, what the novel did for the writer's world. It opened up a new chapter of what was acceptable on the big screen. Pop culture now thrives on this type of humor, a so-called dark humor that is seen in many popular shows such as South Park and the Simpsons. This whole genre was opened up because of films like a clockwork orange.
A Clockwork Orange Authors who write of other times and places help us to better understand our own lives. Discuss A Clockwork Orange in terms of that statement. ... He is a walking robot conditioned by the government - a clockwork orange. ... "A Clockwork Orange" deals with moral judgment and the thought of taking it away from someone. ... The Clockwork Orange", what does the title mean? ...
A Clockwork Orange Authors who write of other times and places help us to better understand our own lives. Discuss A Clockwork Orange in terms of that statement. ... He is a walking robot conditioned by the government - a clockwork orange. ... "A Clockwork Orange" deals with moral judgment and the thought of taking it away from someone. ... The Clockwork Orange", what does the title mean? ...
Violence is the universal element in A Clockwork Orange. ... There is not just one function of violence in our lives, just as there is more than one function of violence in A Clockwork Orange. ... Clearly A Clockwork Orange, in comparison to violence of the present day, may be seen as harsh. ... Everything that happens in A Clockwork Orange happens everyday in our society. ... That is what A Clockwork Orange does and why it is perceived as so violent. ...
"A Clockwork Orange" is an anti-utopian novel, describing an imminent future in a stately supervised country. ... "A Clockwork Orange" confronts us with an anonymous, totalitarian country, as well as in "1984". ... But which warning does "A Clockwork Orange" imply? ... Firstly, "A Clockwork Orange" includes a warning against totalitarian state forms. ... In "A Clockwork Orange" the people feels threatened by growing criminality and for that reason elects an authoritarian party. ...
The novels, A Clockwork Orange and 1984 both represent a future dystopia. ... Irony and betrayal are devices used in both, 1984 and A Clockwork Orange. ... In A Clockwork Orange, the Ludvico Technique is used. ... This is similar to the Ludvico method in A Clockwork Orange. ... A Clockwork Orange also includes a warning against a totalitarian state. ...
He will be best remembered by his eighth novella, A Clockwork Orange. ... Burgess also plays with puns throughout A Clockwork Orange in order to add humor to serious situations and dialogues. ... The most principle theme of A Clockwork Orange involves the freedom of a man to choose between good and evil. ... Another very important theme in A Clockwork Orange is that of youth vs. old age. ... That is something that not many writers are able to do, which is why A Clockwork Orange is one of my favorite books. ...
- the opening line of Anthony Burgess" A Clockwork Orange, being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence and Beethoven. ... Burgess skilfully introduces us to his futuristic slang, or nadsat, making A Clockwork Orange valuable not only for the questions it raises, but also for its creative and experimental use of the English language in which we see hints of Russian. ...
Classical Conditioning in "A Clockwork Orange" The movie "A Clockwork Orange" is often described as one of the most disturbing films ever made. My question is what really disturbs them so much about this film, Is it the gratuitous sex and violence transparent throughout most of the film? Or is it...
An orange is ripe or not. ... There is a great use of orange and red in the set, perhaps used to represent the orange which can not be fixed. ... The title has two primary meanings: first, the basic meaning of the Cockney expression (not an example of rhyming slang, incidentally) "as queer as a clockwork orange", something that on the surface was normal, but inside was artificial and unnatural. ... This particular clockwork orange is human on the surface, but inside is no such thing. ... An orange cannot be "repaired!" ...
When Anthony Burgess wrote A Clockwork Orange, John Anthony Burgess Wilson created his own world set in London during a future time when gangs and violence are rampant on the streets, "which is his own particular vision of horrors yet to come." ... This particular brand of literature stressed the overly pessimistic view of human nature and featured, as was presented in A Clockwork Orange, violence as well as the dark areas of human behavior and society. ...
