A Clockwork Orange 2
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Authors who write of other times and places help us to better understand our own lives. Discuss A Clockwork Orange in terms of that statement.
A “clockwork orange” can be described as something that has a convincing outer appearance yet in the inside is merely controlled by outer influ ....
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.... as that of a rapist, practitioner of extremely violent acts, and a lover of Beethoven. These three adjectives point out what drives Alex’s actions: emotion. He follows no moral code nor does he even have one. However, he does follow his natural desire to sin, and can thus be described as a clockwork orange in that his actions are controlled by his emotion. We can clearly see how Alex’s inclination to do things that satisfy his emotion are strikingly similar to our desires to ....
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