... of clockwork orange that is human. Burgess's little Alex is a clockwork orange until he reaches maturity in the twenty- first chapter. Stanley Hyman, a literary critic, provided an afterward for the original American edition of A Clockwork Orange. In it he states that "Alex always was a clockwork orange, a machine ... Clockwork Orange "Eat this sweetish segment or spit it out. You are free."" -Anthony Burgess Anthony Burgess has been heralded as one of the greatest literary geniuses of the twentieth century. Although Burgess has over thirty works of published literature, his most famous...

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• Grade Level: High School

... of clockwork orange that is human. Burgess's little Alex is a clockwork orange until he reaches maturity in the twenty- first chapter. Stanley Hyman, a literary critic, provided an afterward for the original American edition of A Clockwork Orange. In it he states that "Alex always was a clockwork orange, a machine ... Clockwork Orange "Eat this sweetish segment or spit it out. You are free."" -Anthony Burgess Anthony Burgess has been heralded as one of the greatest literary geniuses of the twentieth century. Although Burgess has over thirty works of published literature, his most famous...

• Word Count: 7283
• Approx Pages: 29
• Grade Level: High School

... twenty one chapters and serves as a cult classic to this day" (http://www.geocities.com/athens/academy/1974/ summary.html). Anthony Burgess has been labeled as one of the greatest literary geniuses of the twentieth century. With over sixty works of published literature under his belt, his most popular being, A Clockwork Orange, he has lived up to any challenge brought upon ... - an aunt, and later a stepmother" (http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fa/burgess.bio.html). Burgess attended the very parochial Xaverian College, which instilled in him, an interest in the themes of free will, go...

• Word Count: 2894
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School