Analysis Of Anthony Burgess s A Clockwork Orange - 819 Words

Lexy Kraft English IV Ms. Gawith 20 September 2017 â€Å"He will be your true Christian† Humanity can be difficult to define. This is because it s hard to pinpoint a specific non-physical trait that differentiates humans from machines. Anthony Burgess, author of A Clockwork Orange, believes this trait is a person’s freedom to make conscious decisions. By taking away a person’s ability to choose between doing the right thing or the wrong thing, you also take away what makes them human. A Clockwork Orange creates a world documenting the decay of a person’s will to live and the loss of their humanity when their freedom of choice is taken away. Alex, the protagonist of A Clockwork Orange, is a textbook example of the bad boy stereotype. The night†¦show more content†¦The jump does not kill him, but he is taken to a hospital. At the hospital, the doctor’s reverse the effects of Ludovico’s Technique and Alex’s former self returns. Now free to make his own decisions, he returns to his life of violence with a new gang. In the fi nal chapter however, he soon grows bored and decides he wants to try to live out a normal life. He dreams of getting married and having a son. Burgess uses Alex’s situation to showcase how important freedom of choice is. According to Burgess, the right to make choices on whether or not to do the right thing is what defines humanity. People’s ability to consciously make decisions is what separates them from machines and animals. Being unable to make decisions for himself, Alex is driven to suicide. â€Å"And then there I was as I was before, the empty glass on the table and wanting to cry and feeling like death was the only answer to everything† (Burgess 141). When the government took this freedom from him, his will to live disappeared. The government even takes Alex’s suffering a step further by using him as a poster child for the inhumane program. â€Å"He will be your true Christian,’ Dr. Brodsky was creeching out, ‘ready to turn the other cheek, ready to be crucified rather than crucify, sick to the very heart at the thought even of killing a fly† (Burgess 129). They only s how the people the positive effects of the treatment but leave out how barbarous the technique actually is. Alex’sShow MoreRelatedA Clockwork Orange1450 Words   |  6 PagesAnthony Burgess A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian novel set in an oppressive, futuristic state. Published in 1962, A Clockwork Orange is an extremely intense, graphic, and, at times, horrifying novel. A reader begins to question their own values as they become numb and desensitized to the violence at hand. Both behaviorism and free will is occurring throughout A Clockwork Orange. A Clockwork Orange brings up a question, how much control of our own free will do we actually have? Do we reallyRead MoreEssay on The Need for Brutality in A Clockwork Orange 4668 Words   |  19 Pages   Ã‚  Ã‚   Burgess A Clockwork Orange, a critically acclaimed masterstroke on the horrors of conditioning, is unfairly attacked for apparently gratuitous violence while it merely uses brutality, as well as linguistics and a contentious dà ©nouement, as a vehicle for deeper themes. Although attacks on A Clockwork Orange are often unwarranted, it is fatuous to defend the novel as nonviolent; in lurid content, its opening chapters are trumped only by wanton killfests like Natural Born Killers. BurgessRead MoreThe Myth And Its Impact On Development And Aging1805 Words   |  8 Pagesargues that it requires an incredible level of commitment to surpassing the quoted brain limit. However, such suggestion is contradictory to the established genetic facts that stipulate the brain has been structured conveniently to balance the user s requirements with the available resources. This knowledge means that the claims that dismiss the myth are incorrect just because evolution plays a role in determining the enhancement of the brain progress. Clinical neurology and neuropsychology provideRead MoreEssay on Analysis of George Orwells 19844218 Words   |  17 PagesAnalysis of George Orwells 1984 War Is Peace. Freedom Is Slavery. Ignorance Is Strength. The party slogan of Ingsoc illustrates the sense of contradiction which characterizes the novel 1984. That the book was taken by many as a condemnation of socialism would have troubled Orwell greatly, had he lived to see the aftermath of his work. 1984 was a warning against totalitarianism and state sponsored brutality driven by excess technology. Socialist idealism in 1984 had turned to a total loss of