1. Clockwork Orange
... inhuman, he does allow for another kind 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 for mechanical violence far below the ... the nature of his life. A 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 o...
- Word Count: 7286
- Approx Pages: 29
- Grade Level: High School
