... "cure" him of his violent behavior. In 1971, director Stanley Kubrick turned Burgess' book into an even more erotically violent film, "Clockwork Orange". Kubrick's adaptation is generally the same as Burgess' novel, but a few minor differences and the change of medium ultimately make the film a more shocking and powerful work than the book. In the novel, Burgess has Alex speak an odd version of English, which he calls Nadsat ... . Is this ending more powerful than Burgess' original ending? I believe it is. Although Burgess intended to develop the novel's themes of free will and moral cho...

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