1. Clockwork Orange
... states that he does not steal for the want of money, but for the pleasure it brings him. Though all of these things are definitely different from what the reader may expect, the fact that Alex is the "hero- is probably the most bizarre (Cohen). The reader has relived each of these horrific incidents with him yet at the end of the novel the author solicits our sympathy for him since ... presented by implication in his discussion of A Clockwork Orange. In his introduction, he states that if one "can only perform good or only perform evil, then he is a clockwork orange, meaning that he has...
- Word Count: 7286
- Approx Pages: 29
- Grade Level: High School