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A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, which follows the teenaged Alex as he and his “droogs” rampage through their city committing acts of extreme violence, which they enjoy and for which they feel no remorse. When Alex is captured and convicted of murder following a brutal attack on an elderly woman, he is given the option to undergo a new experimental psychological technique which will aim to instil a deep aversion to violence in him. Through Alex’s story,
A Clockwork Orange explores themes including free will and the duality of good and evil. As well as its vivid descriptions of violence, the novella is notable for its used of Nadsat, a Russian-influenced argot invented by Burgess (who was also a linguist).
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ANTHONY BURGESS
ENGLISH WRITER AND COMPOSER
Born in Manchester, England in 1917.Died in London, England in 1993.Notable works:Nothing Like the Sun (1964), novelSymphony No. 3 in C (1975), orchestral pieceEarthly Powers (1980), novelAnthony Burgess was an English novelist, poet, playwright and composer. He is best known for his dystopian novella, A Clockwork Orange. He was a prolific writer, publishing 33 novels in his lifetime across a variety of genres. Burgess had a solitary and disrupted childhood and began writing late in life, after careers in the army, teaching and the colonial services. His work addresses themes including the underbelly of modern life, the duality of good and evil and distrust of government. He died in UK after years in tax exile in Monaco and France. His work has influenced later writers including Irvine Welsh (Scottish novelist, playwright and short story writer, 1958-) and filmmakers like Stanley Kubrick (American film director, screenwriter and producer, 1928-99).
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
CHOOSING THE FUTURE
Genre: dystopian satireReference edition: Burgess, A. (2012) A Clockwork Orange. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.1stedition: December 1962Themes: duality of human nature, order vs choice in society, violence, transformation, controlThe novella was published in 1962 at a time when the Cold War was at its height, social and political change was on the horizon and psychology was becoming dominated by behaviourism (a school of psychology which believed that human behaviour could be shaped by the use of a scheme of rewards and punishments). There was also increasing moral panic about the rise of youth cultures in both the UK and US.
The book, written using an invented vernacular called Nadsat, tells the story of Alex, a violent youth who, with his gang, carries out horrific crimes in a futuristic city. He is jailed and later subjected to aversion therapy designed to cure him. He is released as a seemingly harmless citizen, and the novella focuses on his struggle to survive and subsequent renunciation of his past ways.
This novella had a mixed reception at the time of publication and only became seen as a classic in later years following the release of the 1971 film adaptation directed by Stanley Kubrick.
SUMMARY
The book is divided into three parts, each comprising seven chapters; Burgess felt that the number 21 was important because this was the age of maturity in most societies. However, the final chapter was omitted from all US versions of the book until the book’s re-release in 1986. All the chapters are narrated by Alex, the teenage protagonist.
