A Clockwork Orange Flashcards
Summary
Examination of free will
Anti hero Alex captured after short carter of violence
Undergoes aversion therapy marking him not want violent tendencies
Makes him defenceless against other people and unable to listen to favourite music
Context-
During WW2 authors wife robbed and assaulted and violated by deserters
Inspired hi ??
Produced 1962:
Concerns with a thought regulating government w use of slavic infected slang - shows a clear preoccupation with Cold War politics s and intensifying rivalry with Soviet Union and faces off in tense confrontation- threatened nuclear warfare
Film
Author dismiss it
Glorified sex and violence
Narrative structure
Meant to be 21 chapters symbolising maturity
Cut out of American edition
Language
NADSAT -
Author says to emotionally detach self from cruel things he does
Also in group language to protect self
GOVERNOR
‘An eye for an eye’
Biblical misinterpretation
Point of view and characterisation
Alex- his POV rapist do we trust his POC
NOT someone innocent or relatable
‘Tired and fagged out governor’
Chief Chasso
‘Shit your filthy hole, scum’
Lack of freedom of speech
Time and place
1962 England
Britain recover from war and teenage generation free from conscription
Liberation
60s show emergence of new revolutions like beach boys and Rolling Stones- new sounds and later albums rebelled against authorities
