Clockwork Orange

Similarly in 1984, Winston Smith, the hero, undergoes his own personal rebellion towards the government, beginning with writing in a secret diary and ending by declaring that he will bring down the state, "His pen had slid voluptuously over the smooth paper, printing in large neat capitals- DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER" (Orwell 20)
             Later in the novel, he is similarly brainwashed and turned into a product of the government without any memory of his humanity. These two characters are stripped of their rights and free choice. Both worlds control Winston and Alex, as they are puppets in a play. .
             In 1984 and A Clockwork Orange, the societies are of a Communist future that will exist if the government continues to put harm upon human nature, using socialism. Orwell's Oceania is equivalent to Stalin's Soviet Union because a socialist government is running both worlds. People are forced to live life under the government's role in society and the government controls every aspect of an individual's life. The setting of A Clockwork Orange's world is unknown, however there are many ideas that show that the government power used, is also a socialist one. The language of "Nadsat" which is used by teenagers as slang, is based on the Russian vocabulary. "There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie and Dim," (Burgess 3) the narrator Alex, is introducing his three friends. A Clockwork Orange confronts the reader with an obvious view as a totalitarian society because the government uses conditioning on Alex so he is deprived of his rights to express his feelings. The setting of 1984 is around a post-war era in England, and the assumption can be made the same for A Clockwork Orange because of the language being used between two random people. .
             Irony and betrayal are devices used in both, 1984 and A Clockwork Orange. In 1984, Winston Smith trusts and puts all of his hope in one man, who in the end betrays him.