Clockwork Orange Quotes

‘Choice’ is a major aspect of the film because the male characters are seen to enforce this idea of masculinity, but Kubrick sees this as ambiguous. The psychiatrists in ‘A Clockwork Orange’ take away Alex’s freedom of choice through psychological manipulation, and therefore strip him of his own self worth. ‘Choice’ is a freedom Alex is born with, but by being brought up in this society he has been conditioned and nurtured to think only one way. By taking away his ability to choose, society is being institutionally condemned to decay.

In this book Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is about George and lennie's relationship is marked by the same goal. For example, George wants to have a future together and work together as a team. And in this quote “O.K. Someday- we're gonna get the jack together and we're gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an' a cow and some pigs”. This quote tells us that once they start working they will have these dreams and make it come true and they want to live together since they have a strong bond that will make them succeed. For example when they had many thoughts about having a future and move on with their life and forget about the horrible times in their life which talks about it in this quote "With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We

Another conservative value at work in the film can also be observed in Alex's behavior. Although the character is shown to enjoy and even fight for the new political freedom, as the movie unfolds, it becomes clear that in his actions to protect his mother. Alex is also attempting to recreate an old sentiment and create a reality that he wishes

In turn, he uses this justification to senselessly beat a man up for simply not liking him. This could be supported by a quote from an article about the study of free will vs determinism, which states, “freedom to choose fits comfortably with the assumption that people deserve what they get” (Carey 133). Alex could agree that someone of his own violent nature deserves this moment, or that the man deserved the beating.

Anthony Burgess’s novel, A Clockwork Orange, presents a struggle between animalistic urges and mechanistic society by way of the motif of a clockwork orange. Many would agree that a clock and an orange share little in common other than the fact that they may both be round. However, the organic nature of an orange combined with the precision and mechanics of a clock curiously imitates the way people respond to everyday influences. Anthony Burgess capitalizes on the differences between these two seemingly unrelated objects to present the connection between morality and conformity within the confines of the novel’s narrator, Alex. Throughout the three parts of the novel, it becomes more apparent that every seemingly harmless life can be manipulated by the clockwork of society. Alex is a young boy living in the near future, whose obsession with the brutality of the world around him causes him to act violently. The portrayal of the character Alex as both a protagonist and an antagonist highlights the psychological turmoil associated with conforming to society by sacrificing either morality for individuality or individuality for morality.

“A Clockwork Orange” starts with Alex posing the question: “what’s it going to be then, eh?”. Burgess begins the story by demonstrating that Alex

To consider it as an artificial change, he reverses back to his former state, he receives political attention and support to his suffering. It implies that Alex's antics aren’t all that harmful and it is essential to understand his psychosis. He discovers his true identity, gains maturity, and he claims his purity when said “only back to the land, back to all the blackness lit up by like odd dreams which I didn’t know whether they were dreams or not, O my brothers. Like for instance I had this idea of my whole plott or body being like emptied of as it might be dirty water and then filled up again with clean” (Burgess, 127). He had no ambitions toward bringing a city to its knees, or making some grandiose point. He simply did what he desires, and did it with gusto. Secondly, Alex’s vileness makes him realize that human beings, no matter how depraved, shouldn’t be deprived of their freedom and self-determination. This is shown when he knows he deserves much more said in anger “Me tied down to this bed like this and you say cured? Kiss my sharries is what I say” (130). The State’s destruction of Alex’s ability to make his own moral choices represents a greater evil than any of Alex’s crimes ultimately sanctions the notion that human nature

The theme of fate also makes an indistinguishable appearance in A Clockwork Orange, which is brought to life by the outcomes of Alex DeLarge’s raucous life. The first demonstration of fate is the result Alex’s criminal

The quote “I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy permanent planet” by Jack London explains a lot. Jack london is a man who just says he goes out and does it. Jack london decided to go to the klondike and look for gold. Although London didn’t come back rich with gold, he came back with stories and knowledge. Jack London knows adventure. This article will be based on extreme sports. From the looks of it people involved with extreme sports know adventure as well.

     When Alex is left alone to decide to what he will do, he looks back on his violent youth with shame and remorse. He then decides he wants a different kind of future. “Perhaps I was too old for the sort of jeezny (life) I was leading” (Burgess189). At this point Alex begins to come to the conclusion that he must undergo a change of sorts. The difference between this reform and his previous reform was desire. Alex truly wanted to change, and this desire to change made it valid. This leaves only one question; what would happen if Alex never reached this desire to change? The only answer is Free Will, my brothers.

Alex’s character is what differentiates humans from a clockwork, his intuition, he acts upon his nature. Alex is portrayed as a careless character who has free will (which is in part believed by many movie critics the meaning behind Kubrick’s film:free

In today’s society, there is an evil that hides in the minds of rulers, governments-even everyday people. This evil lies in the crimes committed by thousands of people each year, the corruption of governments, and the suffering of innocent people. The laws and regulations that we live by today are put in place in order to prevent crime from encompassing everything people hold dear-to stop the bad people. In the story of A Clockwork Orange the narrator, Alex, gives us a criminal’s view of the world. Throughout the course of three years, Alex takes part in numerous robberies, murders and rapes people of all ages. In his mind, the disturbing acts he commits fill him with satisfaction and pleasure. When reading this novel through his eyes, the

A Clockwork Orange by itself can be analyzed and marveled at due to its incredible directing, beautiful and symmetrical cinematography, and the oddly captivating dialogue that sometimes makes the viewer question if what they are hearing is even a language. Moreover, is the actions and events that transpire in the life of Alex, a self proclaimed “Droog” and blatant sociopath that steal the attention of whoever is watching. Alex lives the life of a social miscreant whose sole purpose is to disturb society with physical violence, rape, and murder. Living carefreely with his band of followers with the intent of just doing whatever the hell they deem satisfying while sitting back and drinking a nice glass of milk (Moloko Plus, which is a

In Nadsat, "orange" means "man" (which is derived from the Malay word "orang," meaning "man"), so a clockwork orange would be a man moving without pause or thought, as a clockwork (Lund). Burgess says of the title, "I mean it to stand for the application of a mechanistic morality to a living organism oozing with juice and sweetness" ("Resucked" x). After the state reforms him, the novel's hero and narrator Alex becomes a clockwork orange, a man working as a machine.

     A Clockwork Orange is a novel about moral choice and free will. Alex’s story shows what happens when an individual’s right to choose is robbed for the good of society. The first and last chapters place Alex in more or less the same physical situation but his ability to exercise free will leads him to diametrically opposite choices—good versus evil. The phrase, “what’s it going to be then, eh?,” echoes throughout the book; only at the end of the novel is the moral metamorphosis complete and Alex is finally able to answer the question, and by doing so affirms his freedom of choice. The capacity to choose freely is the attribute that distinguishes