a clockwork orange by anthony burgess Is a man who chooses the bad perhaps in some ways better than a man who has the good imposed upon him? Our narrator, Alex, has been incarcerated into a massive overstuffed federal state prison with six prisoners per two person cells. Alex has a small job of playing music during mass and through this, he gained the special favor of the main priest by snitching on other inmates. Through his job, he has also gained an interest in the blood, sex, guts, and gore depicted in the bible. Prison life is every man for himself and is survival of the fittest. In this part of the story, I see many similarities to modern American life. In the United States prison system, many penitentiaries have a set quota of occupancy which causes them to overpopulate prisons beyond their capacity. It is not unheard of for guards and wardens to be overly abusive and corrupt such as the ones shown in the novel. The topics of the book focus on humanity and morality. A new dangerous experimental scientific method has been devised that forces people to be good. Alex volunteers himself for this procedure in hopes that he will be able to shorten his sentence. One lingering question remains: Is it moral to force people to become good?
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A clockwork orange by anthony burgess
Our Narrator, Alex, has been giving in to his usual bouts of ultraviolence and terrorism. Instead of going to school, he tricked his parents into believing he was ill. During his stay at home, his Post-Corrective adviser, P.R. Deltoid paid him a visit. Mr. Deltoid got wind of the home invasion, rape, mugging, and drug store robbery of the previous evening and got on Alex's case about it, assuming (rightfully) that it was he who did it. Alex quickly eased Mr. Deltoid's suspicions and pushed him from his home. After this little surprise visit, Alex went to a record store to purchase Beethoven's 9th Symphony. As he was there shopping around, he met two very young girls whom he invited to his home to listen to music. However, their afternoon of listening to music was quickly interrupted by Alex's insatiable and violent lust. After his heinous deed, he sent the girls from his home and he got dressed and ready to go out with his droogs for another evening of horrible excursions. Georgie and Dim both began to question Alex's authority by suggesting a larger, more daring looting, where they would rob and ransack a very expensive house. Seeing that our narrator's ideas of small muggings were being diminished and overshadowed by Dim's who was now guiding the group, Alex had a scuffle with him and cut him deeply in a small fight. With Alex now in charge, they went to the mansion and forced their way in. The three others remained outside while Alex went in and assaulted the strong female occupant. She had already called the police before they broke in so the looting was very time sensitive. By the time the police had arrived, Pete and Georgie had ran away. Dim stayed behind to prevent Alex from leaving the house by blinding him with a solid smack across the face with his chain. Alex was arrested and the other three got away. A clockwork orange by anthony burgessCome and get one in the yarbles, if ya have any yarbles, you eunuch jelly thou! I have read dystopian novels before such as The Half-Made World, Hunger Games, Battle Royale, and books of the like. A Clockwork Orange definitely stands out to me as being the most unique dystopian book I have ever read. Beyond that, it may be thee most unique book that I have ever read. Set in future London, this story follows a young boy and his three gang members or friends. Within the first few chapters of the book, these four gangsters have terrorized, attacked, maimed, beaten, raped, and mugged loads of people on their voluntary drug induced rampage. These first chapters were of a single hectic and nefarious evening. When Alex finally retires for the night, he walks home and blasts classical music very loudly until he could finally drift off. His description of the sound was quite lucid and emotionally detailed. While he listens to music, he recounts his adventures and wrongdoings of the night. |
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