A Clockwork Orange

Life has millions of unanswered questions that theories and philosophies have been made from. One question that falls under this category is “what is good, and what is evil.” The foundation of good and evil applies to humans. More specifically, the “good” or “evil” acts that people participate in. It has been theorized since the beginning if people learn evil characteristics or are birthed with them. The question can, and will, never be answered due to the fact that morals are set from person to…

descends into madness, and ultimately attempts to murder his wife and son. Opening weekend for The Shining was a big one. The box office results were $622,337 and this was in 1980. Another film or Kubrick in the drama – horror genre is A Clockwork Orange.…

This movie was released in 1971 and it aroused heated controversy from the beginning. It had extreme violence scenes, which went against existing conventions governing on extreme filmmaking. Despite prediction of copycat violence and birth of a ‘Clockwork cult’ among the teenagers by various British leaders, the film was released. The director of the movie had to personally ensure that the movie was no longer in circulation worldwide. Almost every teenager’ violence that took place in United…

The life that we live in this society is a gift. A lot of people may not see it that way, and for good reason. Our world as it rots is full of crime, war, evil harassment, rape, and murder. The innocent in this world pay the price for the wild actions of the insane, but the thing about all those horrendous factors of society, is that those people are given the choice to do what they want. What if you lived in a society where you are told what to believe? That you had no choice in a matter? Where…

setting affect the way in which women are portrayed in this novel. The setting is, in turn affected by the historical events, the philosophy and the beliefs of that era. I am going to proof this by looking at the following novels; Catch-22, A Clockwork Orange, The Merchant of Venice and Catcher in the Rye; The novel, Catch-22, is a satirical novel that is full of a male-centered view. The novel, Catch-22 is inhabited by men who are soldiers that are dependent on each other, but we find that…

It is no surprise that there continues to be a plethora of violence emerging from today’s youth. The London riots, which occurred only five years ago, were the actions that brought Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange, where youth gangs ravage the city, to life. In his article, Burgess accurately predicts a time in England when teenagers will be in control. Attempting to justify these unexplainable events, Jonathon Foreman wrote “London Aflame,” where rioters in London defy authority and act in…

Where do women stand in society? Women’s inequality in society is a sensitive topic that has existed for many years. Women have suffered to have their voices heard and have fought to reach a sense of equality in the world. Women of the 60’s were expected to follow one path: marriage, childbirth and devoting their lives to the home. In the 1960’s a controversial artist named Allen Jones, stirred up the discussion of women being portrayed sexually. Some feminists were left in confusion and anger…

The concept of love in our society can be seen through the combination of a biological and evolutionary perspective. In terms of the biological aspect, the release of different hormones creates an emotional connection and satisfies sexual pleasure, and through the evolutionary view, it provides a way through which individuals can maintain security and pave way for the structure of a family to raise children. In dystopian novels, however, writers take the normative images of values integral to…

No one would ever think that an orange, a nutritional commodity, would create such a drastic impact on the colonization and exploitation of a settled group, but it is not uncommon for a food to become a symbol for something else, be it an idea, group, or place. In the film Jaffa, the Orange’s Clockwork the renowned Jaffa Orange throughout the 20th century symbolized the potentiality of a region that represented unity between both groups, but over time was poisoned by the pursuits of settler…

one pulls a small orange container from his pocket and tries to give it to me only for Aiden to kick it out of his hand. Confused, i look at him but i see his eyes have changed again, they are filled with fear. My eyes follow the container as it hits the floor, spilling several small white pills. I try to reach for them but find that i can't move my arms. I look up to Aiden only to find that he has disappeared. Instead i am once again in front of old Tennessee Cafe, Like clockwork I push…