A Clockwork Orange 'By Anthony Burgess' Malenky Machines: Off Itties
Mitchell Ronayne
English 200:15
A Clockwork Orange Essay
5 Dec 2013
Malenky Machines: Off It Itties The decision to choose between good and evil is one simple choice that separates a human from being a machine. Being unable to choose from the two is “…like little chellovecks made out of tin and with a spring inside and then a winding handle on the outside” (Burgess, 203). There comes a point in a man’s life where he stops being a machine and becomes something else entirely. In the book A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, the twenty-first chapter was excluded from the earlier publications, but then added to the latter ones; although the ending of chapter twenty provides beneficial lessons, the twenty-first chapter of A Clockwork Orange …show more content…
The twenty-first chapter is necessary for Alex’s character development as well, and achieves greater emotional value for its readers. According to Burgess, the choice of either goodness or evil is something that everyone should be entitled to. Regardless of what someone chooses, goodness or evil should be chosen in order to remain a human. For a human who does not have a choice, “grrr grrr grrr and off it itties, like walking, O my brothers” (Burgess 203).
Works Cited
Burgess, Anthony. A Clockwork Orange. Ed. Andrew Biswell. Res. ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2012. Print.
Burgess, Anthony. "A Clockwork Orange Resucked." A Clockwork Orange - Authoritative Text Backgrounds And Contexts Criticism. Ed. Mark Rawlinson. Norton Critical. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2011. 166-70. Print.
Hong, Liu. "The Perplexing Choice In Existence Predicament: An Existential Interpretation Of Burgess 's A Clockwork Orange." Studies In Literature & Language 1.8 (2010): 29-38. Communication & Mass Media Complete. Web. 7 Dec. 2013.
Newman, Bobby. "A CLOCKWORK ORANGE: Burgess and Behavioral Interventions." Behavior and Social Issues 1.2 (1991): 61-69. Web. 13 Dec.
English 200:15
A Clockwork Orange Essay
5 Dec 2013
Malenky Machines: Off It Itties The decision to choose between good and evil is one simple choice that separates a human from being a machine. Being unable to choose from the two is “…like little chellovecks made out of tin and with a spring inside and then a winding handle on the outside” (Burgess, 203). There comes a point in a man’s life where he stops being a machine and becomes something else entirely. In the book A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, the twenty-first chapter was excluded from the earlier publications, but then added to the latter ones; although the ending of chapter twenty provides beneficial lessons, the twenty-first chapter of A Clockwork Orange …show more content…
The twenty-first chapter is necessary for Alex’s character development as well, and achieves greater emotional value for its readers. According to Burgess, the choice of either goodness or evil is something that everyone should be entitled to. Regardless of what someone chooses, goodness or evil should be chosen in order to remain a human. For a human who does not have a choice, “grrr grrr grrr and off it itties, like walking, O my brothers” (Burgess 203).
Works Cited
Burgess, Anthony. A Clockwork Orange. Ed. Andrew Biswell. Res. ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2012. Print.
Burgess, Anthony. "A Clockwork Orange Resucked." A Clockwork Orange - Authoritative Text Backgrounds And Contexts Criticism. Ed. Mark Rawlinson. Norton Critical. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2011. 166-70. Print.
Hong, Liu. "The Perplexing Choice In Existence Predicament: An Existential Interpretation Of Burgess 's A Clockwork Orange." Studies In Literature & Language 1.8 (2010): 29-38. Communication & Mass Media Complete. Web. 7 Dec. 2013.
Newman, Bobby. "A CLOCKWORK ORANGE: Burgess and Behavioral Interventions." Behavior and Social Issues 1.2 (1991): 61-69. Web. 13 Dec.