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Above all it is difficult to condemn Alex far his savagery when we have to see that he became this kind or cruel creature out of the failure of the state. He could not help growing up as a criminal under the oppression of a police state. Powerful police controls the mob and combats juvenile gangs with illegal brutality. One of the officers who are interrogating Alex points out that they "know the law, too, but.knowing the law isn't everything." (7) And after Alex" brutal interrogation he laconically answers to P.R. Deltoid that Alex "resisted his lawful arresters." (8) .
Therefore the state is at least partly the initiator of Alex" wickedness. But then it paradoxically wants to get rid of the malice it has created and transforms Alex into a good fellow. Through that the state becomes even more guilty as it destroys his ability of free choice. (9) .
This is furthermore a severe satire, for the main occupation of the government exists in fighting the problem it previously has created. .
Burgess on the one side criticizes the state but on the other side the persons and groups opposed to it. .
To begin with there is a legal oppositional party which seems to cooperate with the government. Then we notice the prison chaplain who frankly expresses his protest against Alex" brainwashing cure. As a man of the church he certainly has to be worried if the capacity of free choice is taken away from a creature of god. Unfortunately he arranges himself with the authorities in order to achieve a higher social position. .
Last but not least the reader is confronted with the busiest of all groups, that is the intellectuals among F. Alexander. This organization tries everything to overthrow the government, they do not even hesitate to sacrifice Alex in order to achieve their political aims. Burgess dissociates himself from these groups and persons and leaves no space to identify ourselves with any of them. Generally I have to state that there is no likeable person in the book - apart from Alex who can at least be called quite smart - or anyone capable of looking through the deceptions of the government and the self-deceptions of man.
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. ...
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. ...
