Kristen Kleiner Abnormal Psychology July 19th‚ 2012 Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange is set in futuristic Britain. The main character and narrator‚ Alex DeLarge‚ is the leader of a sadistic teen gang. Alex introduces his “droogs”‚ or friends‚ as Pete‚ Georgie‚ and Dim. After getting intoxicated at the Korova Milk Bar‚ they perform a series of “ultra-violent” crimes. This includes beating a homeless man‚ fighting a rival gang‚ and theft. They also play “Hogs of the Road”
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complexity of human condition. In Clockwork Orange and Unforgiven‚ the dichotomist relationship between two protagonists Alex and Will Munny has demonstrated our deeper understanding of the notion of an anti-hero. Alex represents the common men chained by society and their own insignificance and shaped by his world. In abstract‚ he is just a representation of his world; the “…slot machines…” at the train station symbolises the corruption of contemporary morals and that Alex is just another reflection
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* Two officers pull the old man that was beating Alex off him‚ when they do; Alex is surprised to find his old friend and old enemy Dim and Billy boy. Billy boy and Dim take Alex to the country side and beat him brutally. * Alex hears a machine towards the country side and goes to a place marked ‘Home’ where he crawls and knocks on the door. A man answers and sees Alex in this state and lets him in‚ not knowing that Alex and his friends had been to his house before when they raped the man’s
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these fields together as well as A Clockwork Orange‚ by Anthony Burgess. In this Book Burgess speculated on the fact “the significance of maturing by choice is to gain moral values and freedoms.” He achieved this task by pushing his angsty teenaged character‚ Alex‚ through situations that challenge the moral values of himself and his friends. In the novel‚ A Clockwork Orange‚ by Anthony Burgess‚ Alex himself‚ must choose good over evil in order to gain moral values which will allow him to mature
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A Clockwork Orange: Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish A Clockwork Orange received critical acclaim‚ made more than thirty million dollars at the box office‚ and was nominated for various awards; however‚ this esteemed film was outlawed from the nation of Great Britain in order to curb its immoral content from permeating society. Before all the controversy began‚ A Clockwork Orange was a novel‚ written mostly in Russian‚ by Anthony Burgess. Stanley Kubrick is known to critics as a film maker who probes
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Anthony Burgess‚ the author of A Clockwork Orange. A Clockwork Orange argues that free will outweighs determinism as the ethical way to govern a society. “In Anthony Burgess’s nightmare vision of the future‚ where 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.”
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Addie Zebrowski Moral Ambiguity in Heart of Darkness In _Heart of Darkness_‚ by Joseph Conrad‚ the character Marlow‚ through his actions and experiences‚ shows himself to be morally ambiguous in that he goes on the European’s malevolent expedition to Africa yet he seems to despise the events he sees there and in that he performs both noble and ignoble deeds. These experiences and actions drive Conrad’s theme of European influence and colonialism corrupting‚ in this case‚ Africa. Marlow is a sailor
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"A Clockwork Orange" "A Clockwork Orange" is a film about a gang of "droogs" who take pleasure in crime. They enjoy raping and torturing their innocent victims for their own pleasure. The main characters ’ name is Alex. Alex ’s diagnosis is Antisocial Personality Disorder (Psychopath). When caught and arrested‚ classical conditioning is used in order to rid Alex of his vindictive thoughts‚ but is not very successful. Antisocial Personality Disorder is a Disorder that cannot be easily diagnosed
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deeds paired with everlasting youth and a morphing self-portrait keep his conscience alive and his morals in turmoil. Dorian Gray‚ after he is supposedly gifted with forever youth‚ is able to perform evil without his physical immaculacy being polluted. However‚ selfishness becomes the motivation for all his actions‚ rendering him unable to remain content as Lord Henry. Dorian ignores his moral turmoil for a period of time‚ but as the sins’ severity increases‚ so does the tension between his
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Nadine Gordimer‚ South African writer and Nobel Prize winner‚ said that penetrating fiction doesn’t give answers‚ it invites questions. This quote is accurately reflected in Anthony Burgess’ novel‚ A Clockwork Orange‚ in which many questions and moral values are explored. Burgess strongly believed that humans’ ability of choice is the only factor distinguishing us between animals or machines. The two most predominant recurring themes of and questions relating to the novel involve ‘good vs evil’
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