... anti-utopian or dystopian convention, which is in fact still rather young. (10) To make that out I will spot its dominant themes and compare them with main themes of other important anti-utopian stories. "A Clockwork Orange" confronts us with an anonymous, totalitarian country, as well as in "1984 ... same not-to-distant future England. "A Clockwork Orange" is also comparable to "1984" and, e.g., "Brave New World" in terms of perceiving science and technology. In these dystopias scientifical progress serves solely the improvement of state control or brain-washing methods. Whereas it is th...

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... leaving the reservation. His hope soon turns to disgust however upon actually going to the new land and seeing the "advancements- made by science and technology. After touring a factory full of genetically engineered lower caste workers, John is horrified at what this new "advanced- civilization has ... academic attachment to Shakespeare causes him to not understand what being raised without -- and conditioned to hate -- many of the concepts in the literature that most affect him, means. When being read Romeo and Juliet, Helmholtz could not help from laughing hysterically at the Juliet'...

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