A Clockwork Orange

As human beings, it is in our nature to want to advance as a species and to make leaps and bounds in science and technology. We simply want to be the best of the best. We strive for perfection and consistently fall short. So the question is, is it possible for a utopian society to exist? For a utopian society to exist, it must possess perfect qualities; or in other words, be the ideal society in which to live. In the world today, we struggle with disease, violence, and other evils that prevent…

measured by the degree to which the novelist’s intent is preserved, Mr. Foote’s screenplay should be studied as a classic.” Indeed the film is still renowned as one of the best adaptations ever. However, other authors have opposite reactions like Clockwork Orange 's Anthony Burgess, “The film made it easy for readers of the book to misunderstand what it was about, and the misunderstanding will pursue me till I die.” The adaptation of a great novel is a delicate business but if done correctly…

settings with young children, teenagers, and etcetera. Despite being taught that what they are doing is trying to protect us, we can see it crumble in world affairs such as the controversy in the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. A Clockwork Orange, a fantastically…

Reading about this therapy I couldn’t help but relate it to the film “A Clockwork Orange,” in which Alex is conditioned to be repulsed and nauseated by violence, after being incarcerated for multiple sadistic offenses, and although he seems cured the methods and side affects are frightening. The film on its own would be enough to…

It was very hard to decide which four author’s I wanted to write about. I narrowed it down by the unique and special traits they each have. My four authors I picked to write about are Anthony Burgess, Louise Erdrich, Lorraine Hansberry, and Helen Keller. All of the authors come from different backgrounds and have very interesting poems, and unique trades in their life. Out of the four authors I picked, I only knew one of the four and decided to choose three other authors with totally different…

predict and a challenge to heal, in most ways mental illness starts from a bad childhood experience or a bad experience in general. The movies that I remember most are The Fisher King, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Prince of Tides, Awakenings, Clockwork Orange, and Leaving Las Vegas. When looking at a list of movies with mental illness, there are so many that a person couldn’t talk about them all, I believe that, The Fisher King would be my favorite. The movie depicted a very realistic idea…

listed 13 virtues which he needed to improve on and intended to follow and he reflected on his experience. Being human means being able to improve; an author of one of my favorite books, Anthony Burgess, once wrote that humans are not like a clockwork orange, meaning due to our capability to change, we do not have to follow a deterministic mechanism; we have free will. For this paper, I will follow Benjamin Franklin's example and efforts to change and I will reflect on who I am, as a human being…

Somehow I find pure joy in watching two men or women display their superior ass kicking skills on one another. So much so that I endure movies with painfully corny and cliché story lines, all to watch Keanu Reeves in a well tailored suit show off his impressive mixed martial art abilities and military grade handling of assault rifles (John Wick). What the movie lacks in its plot more than graciously substitutes in for its incredibly stylish persona of John Wick, as well as a more than healthy…

In 1970, the Beatles break up, and a Palestinian group hijacks five planes. In 1971, the London Bridge is brought to the US and the UK changes their currency system to decimal systems for currency. In 1972, the Watergate scandal begins and pocket calculators are introduced. Also in this year, Mark Spitz Wins Seven Gold Medals. In 1973, the Sears Tower is built and the US pulls out of Vietnam. In 1974, the Terracotta Army is discovered in China and Mikhail Baryshnikov Defects. In 1975, the…

It’s a lot easier not to feel, I think most people would agree with that. When people separate themselves from the emotional side of life, things like guilt and pride no longer become issues that they have to deal with. For example, a common psychological test given involves a trolley rolling towards a group of five people, with a track that switches off to a crowd of two people. Most of the population would pull the lever to change the track, sparing the lives of the five people simply because…