Journal Entry #3 – A Clockwork Orange Burgess’ novel‚ A Clockwork Orange‚ carries many themes prevalent to the time-period of the novel’s release. In a futuristic city governed by a repressive totalitarian super-state‚ humans have become machines or lower animals. The main protagonist of the story‚ Alex‚ asserts his free will by deciding to live a life of debauchery and violence before being robbed of his free-will by the government. When A Clockwork Orange was written the war against Communism
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particular trait emerges out overhead all the others. Of all the character traits‚ bravery most influences how a person acts and the decisions he/she makes. People react with bravery when needed to save a town or a city. Caroline Cooney‚ in Code Orange‚ shows an act of bravery by the main character‚ Mitty: “No‚ thought Mitty Blake. You will not dance in my streets. Mitty Blake rolled over. He kicked the cellar door shut” (Cooney 193). Mitty is scared that New York will get smallpox from the kidnappers
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Oranges can be both sweet and sour. Sometimes people can be sour‚ but have moments when they are sweet. Magwitch‚ Mr. Jaggers‚ and Miss Havishim all are bad people but have moments when they are sweet. In Great Expectations Charles Dickens shows how even the worst people can be good. First Magwitchstarts out bad when he is young‚ but at times he shows that he can be good. First‚ when he was young he used to steal food‚ only because life was not kind to him. Next‚ the first time he met Pip he threatened
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In the novel A Clockwork Orange‚ by Anthony Burgess‚ the main character and narrator Alex undergoes a series of trials as he strives to figure out life. He starts out as a young delinquent who does whatever he pleases whenever he does. There is no one controlling him or enforcing rules upon him. He has complete and udder freedom over his own life‚ and it affects others in a negative way. His crimes catch up to him one day‚ and he is charged with murder and thrown in prison. While in prison‚ Alex
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A Clockwork Orange‚ by Anthony Burgess‚ is a satirical novel‚ in which the society is heavily criticized and is revolved in many controversial issues‚ regarding to human nature‚ morality and human freedom. Alex‚ the protagonist of the novel‚ shows the darkest side of mankind and society. Due to Alex’s obscene behaviors and crimes that he has committed‚ the state attempts to cure him with the controversial Ludovico’s Technique‚ by forcefully “injecting” him with goodness and depriving him from human
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Kris Heller 8/1/05 Music History: Beethoven An Interpretation of Beethoven ’s Music in the Film "A Clockwork Orange" "A Clockwork Orange" is the story of a young and disturbed man who‚ in order to avoid his prison sentence‚ subjects himself to a controversial new treatment to correct his unlawful behavior. Stanley Kubrick‚ the film ’s creator‚ uses Beethoven ’s music to penetrate the complexity of the main character ’s actions and emotions. Beethoven ’s music acts as his salvation‚ providing
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A Clockwork Orange: Violence and Corruption Alex‚ the fifteen year old narrator of Anthony Burgess’s novel‚ A Clockwork Orange‚ lives in a society where violence reigns. This novel has a very direct nature‚ and is often blunt to the point of offense‚ but this makes it more powerful and helps to further its point. This point is that everyone is out for themselves‚ whether they be the police‚ government or citizens of this society. In this book‚ the police can be just as violent as Alex and
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The Allusions in T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land The Waste Land is an important poem. It has something important to say and it should have an important effect on the reader. But it is not easy. In Eliot’s own words: "We can say that it appears likely that poets in our civilization as it exists at present‚ must be difficult. Our civilization comprehends great variety and complexity‚ and this variety and complexity‚ playing upon a refined sensibility‚ must produce various and complex results. The
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Novel Study: Journal Entry 1 pgs. 1-73 The novel I selected is called "Code Orange." My reasoning for choosing it‚ was that it was recommended by a friend. No new information was needed before reading the novel; instead all of it was stated or implied as reading. Mitty‚ the main character is telling the story‚ and the setting is in New York City. The setting doesn’t show much significance to the story though I believe it would unfold different events later through the novel. At the beginning
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calibration) ; prepared from commercial vitamin C tablet (0.02 %) ________ % DCPIP solution‚ freshly prepared Possible samples : * grape juice‚ paper pack ● lemon juice‚ diluted from fresh squash (Citrus fruit) ● orange juice‚ diluted from fresh squash (Citrus fruit) ● orange juice‚ diluted from bottled drink Mr. Juicy (Citrus fruit) * kiwi fruit juice‚ diluted from fresh squash (non-citrus fruit‚ but high in vitamin C) ● green pepper extract / juice Procedure 1. Use a 1 ml pipette
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