Context

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its use of

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Slavic-inflected slang, shows a clear preoccupation with Cold War politics and the intensifying rivalry between the Soviet Union and Western democracies.

Question 2

1962, the year of the book’s publication,

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saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, in which the United States and the Soviet Union faced off in a tense confrontation that threatened worldwide nuclear warfare.

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its dystopian science-fiction

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tendencies and probing ethical investigations were undoubtedly influenced by George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, published in 1949.

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when written

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1962

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Literary Period:

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Postmodern science-fiction

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Setting:

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Dystopian England in the not-so-distant future

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His portrayal of human beings

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as inherently predisposed toward violence, for example, reflects his acceptance of the Catholic view that all human beings are tainted by original sin.

Question 8

A Clockwork Orange may be seen

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as an attack on communism, given the novel’s negative portrayal of a government that seeks to solve social problems by removing freedom of choice.

Question 9

during a

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visit to Leningrad, Burgess encountered the stilyagi, gangs of thuggish Russian teenagers, which gave inspiration for Alex and his droogs

Question 10

Burgess

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felt that the socialistic British welfare state was too willing to sacrifice individual liberty in favour of social stability.

Question 11

psychology

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psychologist B.F. Skinner in the 1950s-60s controlled a system of rewards and punishments (conditioning) and demonstrated behaviour could be altered in more ways than already known