... the movie, that is why in the movie Alex not only lacks conscience, like an innocent, but knowledge as well. (Nelson 136) In 1971 a clockwork orange was turned into a movie. It was directed by Stanley Kubric. The movie had a powerful impact upon our culture. It brought all of Anthony Burgess" ... is finally depicted as a man growing older, maybe not wiser, but older. The other is because the novel had a glossary where all of Alex's words are explained in the glossary, and you can understand that he is actually speaking in a knowledgeable way, while in the movie nothing is explained and y...

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• Grade Level: High School

... 7). Wait what? What is he talking about? Most readers have to pause, and dissect almost all the sentences in the beginning of, "A Clockwork Orange," because the author, Anthony Burgess, decided to give the teenagers, or nadsat, their own unique language. This invented vocabulary makes the reader feel ... this language is an identity. It highlights the nadsat's naive personalities, and differentiates them from the adults. Furthermore, Burgess purposefully leaves out a glossary for these words, because he wants the reader to struggle and grow with Alex, the main character; eventually grow...

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• Grade Level: High School