... barely realize what was happening in the story. I turned the dictionary, but there was no use for none of the words could be found in an ordinary dictionary. Through context cluse I finally figured out they meant ordinary things such as women, head, and blood. I thought to myself why use such confusing words, but I know now that these words make the entire book. By ... ...
... music and obliterates his humanity. Lastly Burgess incorporates the idea of original sin as a function of violence. Alex is obviously evil, but in order to place this evil in the context of original sin, Burgess must prove that it extends to all mankind. He begins by casting Alex as a genuine everyman rather than a heartless monster. Burgess gives his protagonist human characteristics ... by Alex could be compared to the stereotypical teenage thug of the present. And although the violence in the novel seems harsh and radical, it only seems out of the ordinary because it is being shoved ...
