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Summary: Clockwork is right
Review: I recently finished reading "A Clockwork Orange" and quite frankly, I expected more. Instead I found it to be quite predictable and ordinary. The protagonist, Alex, is nothing more than a posing hooligan trying to fit in with his "crowd." His brand of violence is not really shocking in this, the 21st century. He is merely a victim of peer pressure. The only thing that sets him apart and adds a slight air of menace is that he embraces a lot of different types of violence - from rape to beatings to petty theft. He is not a true believer of his own world, though, with his reluctance to pull off true crimes in the form of burglary and out-and-out murder. And his supposed shocking "rehabilitation" is simply aversion therapy. The last "lost" chapter is neither a shocker nor a surprise and I really don't see any significance in it at all other than the numeric importance to the author. Sort of a cop out - time heals all wounds... and psychopaths. I will grant that the slang language invented by Burgess is a very good tool for transporting the reader into the "droog" world. Otherwise, I don't see the fuss over this predictable novella.
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Summary: Terrifying yet brilliant!
Review: This is an incredible book. The author created a slang language in it that was a mix of cockney and russian slang. The outcome is a funny yet disturbing piece of prose that at times reads like poetry. It is vicious with a point. The author is fighting a conflict between being evil or being good because you have no choice. It reminded me of the Catholic religion and Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil. Are you being good because you are afraid of the consiquences of being bad or are you being good because it feels like it is the rite thing for you to do. Living life as you see it should be lived. You don't kill or rape because a Religious law tells you it is sin; instead you don't do these things because you know that they are wrong. This is what Nietzsche called living beyond good and evil. And it has neve being better protrayed than in this book. A clock work orange.
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Summary: An epiphany of the human psyche
Review: Many reviews before mine have already summed up this book's merits. I will only add that the slang utilized is necessary to emerge oneself fully in the brutal, eery, eye-opening world which Burgess creates. Read this book with an open mind and prepare yourself to be utterly shocked and enlightened.
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Summary: This bookw is great.
Review: A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess was a very good book. It is about a 15 year-old boy and his very violent life. The story takes place in a futuristic city. Alex and his friends go around the city and act like terrors. The story starts to get exciting when he goes to jail and is the test subject for a new method of state reform. I liked this book because it shows that actions have reactions. The bad part about the book is the dialect. I think Anthony Burgess over does the dialect and makes the book hard to understand.
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Summary: A Really Freaky Book!
Review: By writing A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess created one of the most disturbing novels that I have ever read. It begins with our most humble narrator, Alex, living his teenage years as a drug-addicted bugular and rapist. Alex and his friends commit crimes for fun and see nothing wrong with their incredibly violent ways. When eventually Alex is caught by the police and put in the State Jail, he is entered into a program that will supposedly 'cure' him of his violent actions and allow him to go free. The question is, though, does someone actually become 'good' when their free will to make that choice is taken away? Which is worse: choosing to do wrong or being forced to choose good? Burgess really makes you think about that idea as Alex's life progresses after he goes through the cruel procedure to 'reform' him. I would definitely recommend reading this book to anyone, as long as they are prepared for a lot of violence and gore (as well as Burgess' invented slang that Alex and his friends use - it takes a little while to get used to). What's it going to be then, eh? Go read A Clockwork Orange and get ready to think about a lot of stuff you never have before.
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Summary: Burgess's hits big with this story on human respone.
Review: "A Clockwork Orange" is Anthony Burgess's story of the life of a young thug named Alex. The first thing you'll notice about this story is that it is written in a imaginary slang. This slang is called "nadsat" or teenage talk. The story is divided into three parts. In the first part, it outlines how Alex goes around and terroizes the town until he is caught. The second part tells about his life in prision and the new experimental technique he agrees to take place in. The third section is about how the procedure changes Alex's life and how he responds to this. This is a very good story about good and bad and how far the government may go one day to correct the evil ways of people. I gave this story four stars only because it took about half the book to understand the complex slang. But in terms of plot, development, and language, this story is tops
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Summary: Nightmare or Reality
Review: Anthony Burgess takes us on a roller-coaster ride through our young narrator Alex's life. Alex goes around raping, stealing, and even murdering in this novel based in the future. He is later caught and taken to jail for the murder of a old woman. After being put in jail Alex is used as a guinea pig in a new controversial experiment. The experiment is supposed to make the criminal forget all their criminal tendencies and turn them into a peaceful citizen. Alex thinks this will be his way to escape from prison but in the end it turns Alex's world into an even bigger nightmare.I would recommend this book to anyone looking for an easy read, a book that will keep your attention, and keep you turning pages. There are only two down falls to the book and they are the use of "slang" by the characters when talking in the book and some of the gory details used to describe situations that occur in the book.
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Summary: A Nightmare or the Future?
Review: I believe Burgess is a literary genius. This book is a constant page-turner. Burgess thrilled me with his potrayal of the young, thuggish protagonist Alex in the 1960s in England. Alex is a teen who gets his kicks out of extreme violence and destruction. Living his life with blood and women, his many murders eventually catch up with him. After Alex is abandoned by his friends and put in jail, he asks to be the first to try the new experiment. This new experiment Burgess has created is horrifying and at some points unreal. It is a great book for those interested in human pyschology and the struggle between good and evil.
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Summary: A Clockwork Orange
Review: A Clockwork Orange is a dramatic story tracing the footsteps of a young misguided product of social disaster. From the first page, the reader is overcome by Burgess' unique "Nadsat", meaning teenager, talk. Once you begin to pick up the new words, the book opens into a cruel yet strangley familiar world. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to ask questions and look for deeper meaning. Yet, this was not a book for the weak hearted, because there is violence.
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Summary: my review
Review: I thought A Clockwork Orange was a great book! All though at times hard to understand, the "nadsat talk" was very interesting. It is a book I would recommend to anyone who would like an inside view to the corrupt ways societ works. An interesting event happens in the middle of the book to bring it to a great peak and a terrific ending.
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