... no space to identify ourselves with any of them. Generally I have to state that there is no likeable person in the book - apart from Alex who can at least be called quite smart - or anyone capable of looking through the deceptions of the government and the self-deceptions of man. Therefore Burgess" future report is a quite depressing novel, related to dystopian classics like "1984" and "Brave ... main themes of other important anti-utopian stories. "A Clockwork Orange" confronts us with an anonymous, totalitarian country, as well as in "1984". While we clearly know that the setting of "...

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... have no control over their own lives, where nearly every positive feeling is squeezed the life out of, and people are forced to live in repression. Orwell's world is controlled through propaganda from the government. The government uses technology in which it invades the personal privacy and captures every aspect of the citizen's lives, leaving them with a complete lack of individuality. Burgess" world is ... innocent people only because they do not believe in the same way as the Party does, therefore O"Brien punishes Winston. Throughout the book Winston is actually being watched the ent...

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