narrator Alex‚ is a teenager in a futuristic city where citizens are controlled by a corrupt‚ authoritarian government. Adult society seems to have been brainwashed into a trance as their free will is stifled. Alex is at odds with the citizens of this uber- controlled society because his free will is unfettered by super-ego and his propensity to use brute force is useful to the totalitarian government. We must first look at a typical day in his life at the beginning of the novel to understand Alex. He
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about moral choice and free will. Alex ’s story shows what happens when an individual ’s right to choose is robbed for the good of society. The first and last chapters place Alex in more or less the same physical situation but his ability to exercise free will leads him to diametrically opposite choicesgood versus evil. The phrase‚ "what ’s it going to be then‚ eh?‚" echoes throughout the book; only at the end of the novel is the moral metamorphosis complete and Alex is finally able to answer the question
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In the novel/film “A Clockwork Orange” written/directed by Anthony Burgess/Stanley Kubrick‚ we are thrown into a futuristic dystopian world of England. In this world we are thrown into a society where a 15 year old boy named Alex narrates his life through this area. Alex‚ the Faustian protagonist of A Clockwork Orange‚ and a sadistic and depraved gang leader preys on the weak and innocent. Alex’s society/neighborhood consist of a lot of youth violence and corruption within the state. The film stays
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where violent criminals are forced to be "good‚" and introduces us to Alex‚ a young teen who engages in a life of rape‚ ultra-violence‚ and Beethoven with his "droogs‚" or friends‚ and talks in the slang language of "nadsat." He goes through various phases in his life‚ evolving into a more mature level of thinking; each of these phases can be seen as clockwork orange. What makes this novel so realistic however‚ is how real Alex really is and how each of his phases into maturity represents a part
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In both ‘A Clockwork Orange’ and ‘Brighton Rock’ characters are faced with choices that develop and intensify the plot‚ making the novels both stimulating and thought provoking to read. Brighton rock’s Pinkie is aware of the choices he makes‚ though he acknowledges the difference between right and wrong he falls foul to the temptation of wrongdoing. Pinkie choses damnation over salvation‚ the decision derives from the fact Pinkie is aware of God but refuses the idea of being pure and good nonetheless
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key role in the presentation of the main protagonist Alex DeLarge‚ and his schoolboy sociopathy. Corrupt and naive‚ 15-year-old Alex narrates his own story with a language that only the author and the characters in his fictional world could truly understand; specifically those characters among Alex’s group of thugs. It seems that his language is a sort of code for those that are uneducated‚ unruly‚ and live to terrorize. The irony is that Alex himself is a rather intelligent young man for his age
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life from the eyes of a fifteen year old English hoodlum. Burgess effectively broke arcane traditions when he wrote A Clockwork Orange by blending two forms of effective speech into the vocabulary of the narrator and protagonist‚ Alex. Burgess‚ through his character Alex‚ uses the common or "proper" method of vernacular in certain situations‚ while uses his own inventive slang-language called "Nadsat" for others. Many experts believe that the use of these two types of language and the switching from
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Explanation of why I choose this Topic: I chose this topic simply because of my interest towards evaluating main characters. Both the film Iron Man and the novel A Clockwork Orange‚ share a similarity in which characters consisted of such acts‚ attitudes‚ and behaviors; that were not accepted by others. In this topic‚ I am able to closely examine the main characters‚ and to study their personality and their daily lives. My interest focuses on character aspects‚ and how they developed throughout
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The different pathways used by an individual when moving “into the world” are always framed by the societal context in which they exist. These pathways provide opportunities for the protagonist to experience a wide variety of growth and change. The process of moving away from the past and entering a new world is a complex one that involves sacrifice‚ change and a sense of unknown. The protagonist can be both willing and forced to make their transition into the world‚ as can be both prevented and
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dilemma of a young man named Alex. Alex and his droogs live a violent life of stealing‚ raping‚ and ultra-violence. In the book‚ Alex is only fifteen but in Kubrick’s film Alex is a shade older. The book is about the effects of a controlling society on its citizens and the ramifications of cynical authorities. Most would agree that Alex and his droogs are committing wrong and senseless acts; but what makes the novel so interesting is how the government tries to handle Alex and his behavior. This will
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