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    Compare the society that Orwell creates in 1984 with the one that Burgess creates in ‘A Clockwork orange’ Link your observations to the two writers‚ their contexts and their views on their own society. The two novels that these writers are famous for link together in many ways. Despite the different time periods and views in which the writers effectively portray they share the key idea of a dystopian society. In this essay I will attempt to explore the differences as well as the similarities

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    A Clockwork Orange "Eat this sweetish segment or spit it out. You are free." -Anthony Burgess Anthony Burgess has been heralded as one of the greatest literary geniuses of the twentieth century. Although Burgess has over thirty works of published literature‚ his most famous is A Clockwork Orange. Burgess’s novel is a futuristic look at a Totalitarian government. The main character‚ Alex‚ is an "ultra-violent" thief who has no problem using force against innocent citizens

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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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    Tafimul Tasif British Literature: Romanticism to Present Professor Duncan Hasell May 4‚2017 The Clockwork for Free Will The best of literacy helps you to think about profound ideas that you haven’t thought of previously‚ instead of giving you a direct answer. It guides the individual to form their own individual opinion on a subject at hand. Where the individual will learn how to explore their mind is somewhere that break the norm. To able to start comprehending‚ get rid of the notion of a bright

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    The Protagonist in Clockwork Orange‚ Alex‚ exposes the flaws of his society and its significance by showings different aspects of dystopian societies and how they ultimately effected him. The flaws of a dystopian society tend to be endless‚ but in Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess thoroughly examines three‚ which in result take way Alex’s life as well as many others other what? in these type of dystopian societies. Burgess shows how every human is given at birth inalienable rights that they by society

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    “You men need to tuck away your penises and surrogate penises (guns)‚ because you will never get anywhere with them. Masculinity is a myth and a dead end.” - Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 classic A Clockwork Orange is an interesting beast. The film has been vilified‚ banned‚ condemned on artistic grounds and yet it survives. The film’s hallucinatory visuals depicting a strange‚ narcissistic modernistic society‚ steeped in seventies art deco and harsh‚ contrasting lighting‚ paint a

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    It was whilst reading The Clockwork Orange that I met a protagonist who as unapologetically evil and I was fascinated‚ it led me to discover more literature that dealt with the darker side of human existence; literature that explored the transgressive and subversive. My curiosity for the morbid and dark only grew through my reading of novels like American Psycho‚ Frankenstein‚ Naked Lunch and Lolita; novels which tried to describe something wholly alien yet contain something I found familiar. Unlike

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    Kubrick‚ a hugely successful auteur developed a cult following‚ specifically‚ with his highly controversial film A Clockwork Orange (1971). Following a string of crimes supposedly inspired by the events depicted in the film‚ Kubrick himself decided on A Clockwork Orange’s withdrawal from the public sector; a rare case of self censorship only broken by Kubrick’s death in 1999. A Clockwork Orange ran for over a year before being censored and was a cause of great debate in the media. The late 60’s just prior

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    extensively explored within Peter Skrzynecki’s St. Patrick’s College and Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange‚ as the protagonists in each text have a limited experience of belonging due to their negative interactions within a group majority. The idea that negative interactions within a group dynamic can lead to a limited experience of belonging is further explored in Stanley Kubrick’s film‚ A Clockwork Orange‚ through the rebellious protagonist Alexander de Large and his inability to belong to society

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    Anthony Burgess gained much of his fame from his book A Clockwork Orange. The story was ultimately dismissed for its graphic portrayal of violence and sex. However‚ people who have read his books can see further than these grotesque parts society. Burgess weaves into his writings the stories of his past; Anthony Burgess lived a life plagued with abuse and sickness all around him. He found comfort in the arts and would use this as an outlet for his trauma; he would try to seek closure by working in

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