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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with having to choose a film to write this journal on there was no other option for me than my favorite Kubrick film‚ A Clockwork Orange‚ a film that shocked a nation with its explicit visuals and storytelling. In this paper I will touch on what I see as 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
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A Clockwork Orange Response Part 3 Chapters 4-7 A theme conveyed in the last chapter of Anthony Burgess’s novel‚ A Clockwork Orange is about the transition from his childhood to becoming an adult. From the beginning‚ Alex was a violent‚ cruel‚ and immature teenager and now embraces a new image of living a peaceful and mature lifestyle. Most importantly‚ he intentionally wants to change his true image so that his future son will be able to follow his footsteps. This is a prime example of how Alex’s
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The dystopian novel‚ A Clockwork Orange‚ written by Anthony Burgess‚ was originally published in 1962. It takes place in the future‚ where the streets are overrun with violence and crime. The main character‚ Alex‚ commits horrible crimes‚ including rape and murder with his group of friends. After breaking into a house‚ Alex is arrested and undergoes an experiment called Ludovico’s Technique. He can no longer make immoral choices‚ and feels sick when he thinks about any wrongdoing. He is vulnerable
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In Burgess’s novel A Clockwork Orange‚ we see the dilemma of a young man named Alex. Alex and his droogs live a violent life of stealing‚ raping‚ and ultra-violence. In the book‚ Alex is only fifteen but in Kubrick’s film Alex is a shade older. The book is about the effects of a controlling society on its citizens and the ramifications of cynical authorities. Most would agree that Alex and his droogs are committing wrong and senseless acts; but what makes the novel so interesting is how the government
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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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Apples versus Oranges Apples versus Oranges Whenever there is a comparison between two objects that are not the same‚ it is said that you are trying to compare apples and oranges. The phrase has been used extensively in many debates worldwide but how exactly do apples and oranges stack up side by side? This paper will attempt to compare apples to oranges to determine how compatible they are. The most basic difference between the battling fruit is the color. Apples come in red‚ green and yellow
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belonging‚ as it restrains our freedom and forces us to only mimic. My studied texts show how society demands us to conform‚ yet conformity prevents a sense of true identity being created. This notion is elaborated within the novel‚ A Clockwork Orange‚ a dark testimony to the power of the individual and the malevolence in forced conformity. The protagonist‚ Alex‚ is a criminal who doesn’t belong anywhere within society. In the novel‚ the government attempts to suppress his criminality by physically
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Essay 2 Through out "A Clockwork Orange‚" leaders and governments have a profound affect on the characters. The government of the State lets the young adolescence run wild and rampant. Alex leads his group as a communist dictator who is later over thrown. Both Alex and the State use varied forms of propaganda to convince their followers that they are right. The State and Alex both have similarities to the United States and Russia during the Cold War. From the vary start of the book the influence
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An experiment to investigate the enzyme concentration and rate of reaction Background To carry out our experiment we used 3 different types of orange juices‚ and we also used 0.1% of vitamin C solution. The aim of our experiment was to see how much DCPIP was needed to be added to make the orange juices turn back to the orange colour and the DCPIP to decolourise once the 0.1% of vitamin C was added. DCPIP is a blue dye in its non-reduced form; it becomes colourless when it gains electrons. Vitamin
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