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Obviously, as a way of retaliating against Burgess' alleged Socialist state, Alex and his In other words, Alex, Georgie, Dim and Pete view the world in which they are forced to live as a sort of playground where mayhem and "Ultra Violence" reigns supreme and in which the classical music of Ludwig Van Beethoven, Alex's trigger mechanism for the joys and raptures of hooliganism, serves as a kind of ruthless and brutal leitmotif, "the crowning glory of Kubrick's satirical attack on a world gone mad" (Ciment, 1995, Internet).
"droogs" have adopted a very old method which has been proven highly effective in relation to obtaining and dispensing power and influence, namely, a social phalanx known as a gang, a somewhat "loosely organized group of individuals who collaborate together for anti-social reasons" (Nawojczyk, 1997, Internet). In this context, Alex occupies the position of gang leader while Georgie, Dim and Pete serve as his underlings and as a sign of their collaborative relationship, Alex and his "droogs" wear distinctive clothing-white, pseudo-combat style shirts and pants, black combat boots and black bowler hats or billycocks, almost as if "aping" a typical English businessman or stuffy accountant. They also utilize a very distinctive form of communication which Burgess calls a Nadsat dialect, a private language composed of a "stream of gibberish, pop slang, onomatopoeic expressions" (Coyle, 66) which only Alex and his "droogs" can understand and appreciate while surrounded by the sexually-charged, psychedelic motifs of the Korova Milkbar.
Therefore, Alex and his fellow gang members see the world around them as a place overflowing with hypocrisy, a post or perhaps pre-apocalyptic society that is "incredibly imperfect (and) lacking the harmonious and egalitarian qualities" ("Dystopia and Science Fiction," Internet) so often depicted in
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Psychopathology in Popular Film; "A Clockwork Orange" Psychology -- Abnormal Psychopathology symptoms have been analyzed through various movies but the movie "A Clockwork Orange" has raised several deep philosophical questions that are still unanswered. This movie reflected the dilemma that an increase in moral leads to a decrease in freedom. The dualistic society is beautifully portrayed in this movie only consists of victims and perpetrators. The purpose of this term paper
While "Kubrick's authorial style was viewed by both supporters and critics as an aloof criticism of the social scene" (Staiger 54), it is apparent that none of these supporters cared to question why, in fact, masculinity is so often contingent on "excessive displays of virility and violence" which it then uses to paradoxically maintain "its aspirations to the normal" (DeRosia 63). In depicting Alex murdering a woman with a
Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. The author of this paper takes the reader on an exploratory journey though the story and examines several facets of its foundation. There were five sources used to complete this paper. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE Throughout history, authors have used their works to explore various aspects of society. One of the most controversial yet analyzed works of literature in history is, A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess.
Clockwork Orange The stunning 1971 film, by Stanley Kubrick, "A Clockwork Orange" has thrilling and frightening factors that would astound and bring extraordinary terror to its audience. The movie depicts a story of the nature of violence brought by the youths in England. From my experience of watching the film, the brutalities the movie has demonstrated can easily produce diverse reactions from the viewers the same way it had brought
" (Burgess, 1962, 147). Here, Burgess shows the reader that conditioning, which worked but robbed Alex of his basic humanness, failed while the simple act of growing up eventually changed Alex on a much more permanent basis. Clockwork Orange is full of examples of conditioning, and of behavioral psychology. It is presented in an overall negative light by Burgess, who held the view that conditioning robs man of his ability to
Alex's beating of the droogs is certainly a way of reasserting his authority in the group, but it is, at the same time and just as strongly, part of this individual gratification: reasserting his leadership within the group also means that his ego feels the power given to him over the rest of the gang, who now appear as the other victims of violent assaults in the movie. The only