Monster Essays - A Clockwork Orange - Calculated Captivity
Calculated Captivation
"Goodness comes from within, 6655321. Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man."
In Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange, a sadistic adolescent of the not-so-distant future is ‘rehabilitated’ of his violent nature by a special conditioning treatment. This fifteen year-old hoodlum Alex McDowell is ‘cured’ of his savage activities but when released back into a still violent society, he is a misfit. Anthony Burgess’ skillful art of manipulation is able to change the reader’s opinion from hating Alex for his malicious w....
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