We've come into contact before, I'm sure we have" (182). Alex was identified because his manner of word choice, separated him from others. It was recognized as something unique to him, even 2 years after the rape.
F. Alexander's dialogue is devoid of such conventional nadsat language. Adults in the novel are more formal in language, and this reveals their maturity. Even one of Alex's own friends, "grows up," at the end of the novel, and drops the use of the slang. " '[Alex] talks funny doesn't he?' said this devotchka, giggling. 'This,' said Pete to the devotchka, 'is an old friend. His name is Alex. May I introduce my wife'" (208). Pete, once a naive droog, or friend, of Alex's, is now doing adult things like settling down, and more importantly using formal language. This change in Pete's behavior and maturity, fall parallel to his change in language. Essentially, Alex is only one representative of this identity. This story could be told from the perspective of another juvenile, and still produce the same outcome. Burgess cleverly uses language to give identity and character to the naive, troublesome youth, and thus isolates them from all others in the novel. .
Have you ever talked to a foreigner, and are completely baffled as to what some of the words mean, yet still have a basic understanding of the entire sentence? Similarly, Anthony Burgess's invented nadsat language uses words that are just as foreign, and creates the same affect. The reader struggles to understand Alex and his crew's conversations in the beginning of the novel. However, they are not impossible to decipher. Using context clues and connotations, the reader must dissect the sentence, and figure out what these teens are talking about. Nonetheless, it is a struggle and a work in progress that takes some time to catch on. Our struggle with reading the text goes hand in hand with Alex's struggle to make the right choice, and struggle to find someone he can turn to.
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? ...
- 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. ... This leads us to the central point of the novel, concerned with free will: Do we lose our humanity if we are deprived the choice between good and evil? 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. ... What perhaps makes the novel ...
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. ... "The state has succeeded in its primary aim: to deny Alex free moral choice, which, to the State, means choice of evil. ...
"Choice he has no real choice has he? ... He ceases to be a being capable of moral choice". ... At this point in the novel Burgess tells the reader that Alex has become "A Clockwork Orange", "that if one can only perform good or only perform evil, then he is a clockwork orange - meaning that he has the appearance of an organism lovely with color and juice, but is in fact only a clockwork toy to be wound up by God or the Devil or the Almighty State". ... In conclusion, "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess truly incorporates the existentialist trend of writing. ... They have the free will ...
It follows then that a thought cannot exist without a word, a word is the backbone for the flow of thought. ... Anthony Burgess wrote "A clockwork Orange". The freedom of choice and the rehabilitating form of corrections produces the world of A Clockwork Orange. ... "If he can only perform good or only perform evil, then he is a clockwork orange - meaning that he has the appearance of an organism lovely with colour and juice but is in fact only a clockwork toy to be wound up by God or the Devil or State" Before Alex's character is "rehabilitated" he is one of the most amoral people in t...
A Clockwork Orange: Settings of a Human Machine When he 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. ... 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. ... "The state has succeeded in its primary aim: to deny Alex free moral choice, which, to the State, means choice of evil. ...
