They fail to conform to social norms‚ are deceitful and aggressive‚ and seek to destroy with little remorse. Sex‚ cruelty‚ and dominance define parts of antisocial personality behavior‚ and also perfectly define the odd‚ near-antithesis of a hero‚ Alex‚ in A Clockwork Orange who exists as the "beloved" psychopath in this story. He religiously ventures out on nightly rampages with his band of "droogs" after consuming some type of spiked beverage‚ tearing down what society has morally built and ripping
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students‚ I strongly think that Alex is the student that matured the most. Alex lost his father from a car accident only about 2 years ago. Sometimes when he hears someone talking about their dad that their dads played with them or that they bought a present for them‚ Alex is suddenly silent. There even was once a time when he started to cry because he said he wanted to see his father. It is then when I started to understand his reasons of bullying other students. Alex typically only bullied other students
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store‚ Alex‚ becomes attracted to her. Alex is a widower with two children‚ Josh and Kristen. Katie becomes instantly attached with the little Kristen‚ who hasn’t started school yet and accompanies her father to the store. One day‚ Josh almost drowns while fishing‚ and while Alex rescues him‚ Katie comforts Kristen. Following this incident‚ Katie becomes friendlier with Alex‚ and eventually‚ she invites him to dinner at her house. They soon come to realize that they love each other‚ and Alex‚ who had
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his grandfather in the second world war from the Nazis. Jonathan particularly wants to find the small Jewish village Trachimbrod where the whole story of his family started. This search ends up in the Ukraine. With the help of the Russian interpreter Alex and his grandfather he wants to discover the history of his family. Pilgrimage is a centuries-old tradition and an important possibility of looking for one’s roots and for one’s self-discovery (cf. Vökler). Jonathan takes a photo with
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The Vagabond Into the Wild is an adventurous biography by Jon Krakauer‚ written about the travels of Chris McCandless. Who is also known as Alex Supertramp‚ he changed his own name to not be found. Krakauer was a journalist/adventurer himself‚ that led him to the attraction in Chris’s story. Krakauer shared Chris’s story because of the value and meaning his story has. McCandless left his family‚ traveled all around the country‚ then went off the grid in Alaska. His relationship with his parents
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and the judgements that were made have resulted in the following reasons for Alex to be driven at work: Success is a strong motivator for any individual and Alex Sander was no exception. This point has been supported from the case when Alex Sander says he has launched two new products in the span of one year and his previous success can be attributed to the facts that were specified on his resume. Along with success‚ Alex considers recognition and compensation as further motivators. This assumption
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who but was never actually comforted in the book. This is a very significant moment in the novel because the invalid is actually Alex and that is the first time Lena saw him‚ and he left a impression winking at her. 2. She meets Alex officially on a run with her friend Hana. Lena and Hana trespassed and were caught by him and Lena certainly recognized him. That same day Alex arranged a date for Lena and him but when Lena showed up it was to late. They meet again at a forbidden party‚ where they dance
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the film’s cultural invisibility‚ narrative‚ and lastly genre conventions. Cultural Invisibility A Clockwork Orange is a film that I feel is very open to interpretation when it comes to its cultural invisibility. The film depicts a young delinquent‚ Alex‚ who in
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public and media for the use of the Ludovico technique (unethical aversion therapy) on Alex which resulted in Alex trying to kill himself; makes a deal with Alex. The deal is that if Alex supports the government publicly and takes pictures with the Minister smiling and showing he is a ‘’good man’’‚ the government will in return give Alex a job and turn a blind eye to any of the violent crimes he has and will commit. Alex accepts and then goes on continuing to do “...the old ultraviolence” (Burgess 1) ;as
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The Goal The Goal‚ by Eliyahu Goldratt is a novel focused on the challenges and improvement of operational efficiency. The book is about Alex Rogo‚ a thirty something year old‚ probably has an undergraduate degree in engineering and an MBA. He is married with 2 children‚ working as an executive for UniCo for the past 15 years. He began his career as project engineer‚ now works as a plant manager of manufacturing factory in Bearington‚ his home town. His boss is Bill Peach‚ division manager at the
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