Nadsat Analysis

Describing the apartment as a cage is one of the ways Burgess uses diction to convey Alex’s reaction to the government control. The most prominent fiction in the novel is the use of Nadsat, Burgess insisted that no-glossary be provided with the novel in order to immerse the reader in the language. Burgess uses it to reinforce the setting he tries to create and emphasize the satirical aspects of the novel. Nadsat is also used to; distance the audience from the violence which allows the audience to sympathize with Alex later on due to the lack of emotional connotations in the language and to show that Burgess is commenting on the governments of the east and west because he utilizes elements of English, German, and Russian to create Nadsat. Nadsat
The way Alex describes violence is like the way people describe what they are passionate about indicating his strong feelings towards violence. When this violence is taken away it is like taking away someone’s passion. Aside from Nadsat Burgess utilizes diction in order to separate Alex from the other characters. Unlike the other characters, Alex seems more intelligent and more of a free thinker because of his use of words like thou and thee, which are not Nadsat words because only Alex is heard using them. This free thinking makes his freedom being taken away more poignant for the audience. Despite this Alex maintains his use of Nadsat throughout the novel showing how the government could not change him despite their efforts which creates hope for the audience that the real him is still