Title: A Clockwork Orange (UK Version) Author: Burgess Anthony Оценка: 4.1 of 5, readers votes - 189 Annotation: In Anthony Burgess 0019s A Clockwork Orange, Burgess creates a gloomy future full of violence, rape and destruction. In this dystopian novel, Burgess does a fantastic job of constantly changing the readers 0019 allegiance toward the books narrator and main character, Alex. Writing in a foreign language, Burgess makes the reader feel like an outsider. As the novel begins, the reader has no emotional connection to Alex. This non-emotional state comes to a sudden halt when Alex and his droogs begin a series of merciless acts of violence. The reader rapidly begins to form what seems to be an irreversible hatred toward the books narrator. However, as time progresses, Burgess cleverly changes the tone of his novel. Once wishing only the harshest punishments be bestowed upon him, it is these same punishments that begin to change how the reader feels. In fact, by the end of the book, one almost begins to have pity for Alex. The same character that was once hated soon emerges as one of many victims taken throughout the course of the book. Throughout Alex 0019s narration, Burgess manages to change the readers 0019 allegiance toward a once seemingly evil character. Alex is the type of character one loves to hate; he makes it all too easy to dislike him. He is a brutal, violent, teenage criminal with no place in society. His one and only role is to create chaos, which he does too well. Alex 0019s violent nature is first witnessed during the first chapter, and is soon seen again when Alex and his gang chose to brutally beat an innocent drunkard. This beating off the homeless man serves no purpose other then to amuse Alex 0019s gang. The acts committed were not performed for revenge, the one reason given was that Alex did not enjoy seeing a homeless drunk, 001cI could never stand to see a moodge all filthy and rolling and burping and drunk, whatever his age might be, but more especially when he was real starry like this one was 001d. Alex continues to explain his reason for dislike, 001chis platties were a disgrace, all creased and untidy and covered in cal 001d, from this explanation one realizes his reasons for nearly killing a man are simply based on pleasure, desire, and a dislike toward the untidy. By the end of the second chapter Burgess 0019s inventive usage of a different language to keep the reader alienated from forming opinions about Alex ceases to work. At this point in time Alex 0019s true nature is revealed, and not even his unfamiliar Nadsat language can save him from being strongly disliked by the reader. The more the reader learns of Alex, the more and more he is disliked; Alex 0019s relationship with his parents only builds on ones already negative opinions toward Alex. Coming from a normal family and a sturdy household free of domestic violence, there is no excuse for Alex 0019s violent nature. In fact, Alex 0019s loving parents are just as baffled by his immoral personality as the reader, although because of their naivete, they know much less of what he does. This leaves the reader uninformed and wondering: why is Alex the way he is? Fortunately, just as one begins to question Alex 0019s motives, Alex gives an answer, 001cbadness is of the self, the one &is not our modern history, my brothers the story of brave malenky selves fighting these big machines? I am serious with you, brothers, over this. But what I do I do because I like to do 001d. He could not have explained it more clearly. While from one point of view Alex visions himself as a revolutionary, even simpler then that, he is basically admitting he commits violent acts because he enjoys doing so. Later in the book Alex offers another solution for his violent nature, 001cBeing young is like being one of these malenky machines &and so it would itty on to like the end of the world 001d. These malenky machines he is referring to are very similar to the clockwork orange Burgess talks to in his introduction. Whatever reasons he gives, none of them are valid enough to prevent the reader from hating Alex. In spite of all the Table of Contents: Anthony Burgess A Clockwork Orange (UK Version) Introduction A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (UK Version) Part 1 Part Two Part Three Read this book now: A Clockwork Orange (UK Version) Download (123k) in formats: fb2, lrf, epub, mobi, txt, html Loading...

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A Clockwork Orange. A Clockwork Orange (1962) by Anthony Burgess is a famous satirical novel. It is written in a form of political commentary. The major anti-hero, Alex DeLarge, and his band robbed people depriving them of their freedoms and possibilities of moral choice. Great book, great narration, but not for everyone On the surface, A Clockwork Orange is a depiction of an apalling young man who commits a variety of violent acts and the government's attempts to redeem him.

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A Clockwork Orange The title is taken from an old Cockney expression, 'as queer as a clockwork orange', and alludes to the prevention of the main character's exercise of his free will through the use of a classical conditioning technique. A Clockwork Orange: Summary Synopsis: Young Alex and his gang members (Dim, Pete and Georgie) go on a rampage around the futuristic city in London. In the book what we call evil is actually a form of art to Alex.

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A vicious fifteen-year-old droog is the central character of this 1963 classic. In Anthony Burgess's nightmare vision of the future, where the criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, Alex, who talks in a brutal invented slang that brilliantly renders his and his friends' social pathology. A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable about good and evil, and the meaning of human freedom. And when the state undertakes to reform Alex to 'redeem' him, the novel asks, 'At what cost?'

This edition includes the controversial last chapter not published in the first edition and Burgess's introduction 'A Clockwork Orange Resucked.'

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