Alexander, who they beat and rob while forcing him to watch the rape of his wife. During the assault we learn F. Alexander is a political reformer who was writing a protest book entitled A Clockwork Orange.
The next evening, Alex and his cronies intend to spend another "night-on-the-town", but there is a complication: Alex is arrested at the scene of a failed robbery attempt where he has just killed an elderly women. In short order, he is tried, convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison. During his second year of incarceration, after a chance encounter with the Minister of the Interior, Alex is given the "choice" of being "made good" and having the rest of his sentence commuted. He agrees to this offer and is taken to a special prison where he is subjected to the program of aversion therapy. This therapy reduces Alex to a passive, compliant citizen who is no longer able to act unlawfully because he no longer has the freedom (the free will) to do so. However, in losing his freedom (his free will) to act "badly", Alex also loses something of his humanity. (The idea being that ones "humanity" is inextricably linked to the idea of free will and the ability to make moral choices.).
The therapy program to which Alex is subjected not only deadens his will power (his ability to make moral choices) but also takes from Alex one of his few sources of positive pleasure: his perverse love of classical music. (His love is perverse because he actually uses the music to help create fantasies). Ironically, in losing his love of classical music, Alex loses one of his connections to "civilized life.".
Upon successfully completing his rehabilitation program, Alex is released from prison and in a short time runs into a former friend and a rival gang member, both of whom are now police officers. These thugs-in-uniform hold a deep-seated grudge against Alex. Therefore, we are not surprised when they shove the pacified Alex into their police car and drive him to the country where savagely beat him and leave him along the roadside not far from a small cottage.
A Clockwork Orange Authors who write of other times and places help us to better understand our own lives. Discuss A Clockwork Orange in terms of that statement. ... He is a walking robot conditioned by the government - a clockwork orange. ... "A Clockwork Orange" deals with moral judgment and the thought of taking it away from someone. ... The Clockwork Orange", what does the title mean? ...
A Clockwork Orange Authors who write of other times and places help us to better understand our own lives. Discuss A Clockwork Orange in terms of that statement. ... He is a walking robot conditioned by the government - a clockwork orange. ... "A Clockwork Orange" deals with moral judgment and the thought of taking it away from someone. ... The Clockwork Orange", what does the title mean? ...
Violence is the universal element in A Clockwork Orange. ... There is not just one function of violence in our lives, just as there is more than one function of violence in A Clockwork Orange. ... Clearly A Clockwork Orange, in comparison to violence of the present day, may be seen as harsh. ... Everything that happens in A Clockwork Orange happens everyday in our society. ... That is what A Clockwork Orange does and why it is perceived as so violent. ...
"A Clockwork Orange" is an anti-utopian novel, describing an imminent future in a stately supervised country. ... "A Clockwork Orange" confronts us with an anonymous, totalitarian country, as well as in "1984". ... But which warning does "A Clockwork Orange" imply? ... Firstly, "A Clockwork Orange" includes a warning against totalitarian state forms. ... In "A Clockwork Orange" the people feels threatened by growing criminality and for that reason elects an authoritarian party. ...
The novels, A Clockwork Orange and 1984 both represent a future dystopia. ... Irony and betrayal are devices used in both, 1984 and A Clockwork Orange. ... In A Clockwork Orange, the Ludvico Technique is used. ... This is similar to the Ludvico method in A Clockwork Orange. ... A Clockwork Orange also includes a warning against a totalitarian state. ...
He will be best remembered by his eighth novella, A Clockwork Orange. ... Burgess also plays with puns throughout A Clockwork Orange in order to add humor to serious situations and dialogues. ... The most principle theme of A Clockwork Orange involves the freedom of a man to choose between good and evil. ... Another very important theme in A Clockwork Orange is that of youth vs. old age. ... That is something that not many writers are able to do, which is why A Clockwork Orange is one of my favorite books. ...
- the opening line of Anthony Burgess" A Clockwork Orange, being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence and Beethoven. ... Burgess skilfully introduces us to his futuristic slang, or nadsat, making A Clockwork Orange valuable not only for the questions it raises, but also for its creative and experimental use of the English language in which we see hints of Russian. ...
Classical Conditioning in "A Clockwork Orange" The movie "A Clockwork Orange" is often described as one of the most disturbing films ever made. My question is what really disturbs them so much about this film, Is it the gratuitous sex and violence transparent throughout most of the film? Or is it...
An orange is ripe or not. ... There is a great use of orange and red in the set, perhaps used to represent the orange which can not be fixed. ... The title has two primary meanings: first, the basic meaning of the Cockney expression (not an example of rhyming slang, incidentally) "as queer as a clockwork orange", something that on the surface was normal, but inside was artificial and unnatural. ... This particular clockwork orange is human on the surface, but inside is no such thing. ... An orange cannot be "repaired!" ...
When Anthony Burgess wrote A Clockwork Orange, John Anthony Burgess Wilson created his own world set in London during a future time when gangs and violence are rampant on the streets, "which is his own particular vision of horrors yet to come." ... This particular brand of literature stressed the overly pessimistic view of human nature and featured, as was presented in A Clockwork Orange, violence as well as the dark areas of human behavior and society. ...