A Clockwork Orange

up killing his own father, due to the precautions that his father took in order to avoid that exact scenario: Irony. He also discusses situational irony, where the situation turns out different than expected. He uses the example of Alex from Clockwork Orange and how he was a sadist and as a result of his violent acts, the government executes him publicly, turning him into a martyr. Finally, he discusses verbal irony, or when the character does or says something…

Dystopian literature specifically looks at how political, social, and economic structures can go bad and oppress the people that they are meant to help. A dystopia is a general public portrayed by an attention on that which is in opposition to the creator's ethos, for example, mass neediness, open doubt and doubt, a police state or oppression. Most creators of tragic fiction investigate no less than one motivation behind why things are that path, frequently as a relationship for comparable…

The major strength of this novel is that the genre of “coming-of-age” and young adult will always be relevant because the audiences of these genres will always be looking for a new book to read or relate to. The biggest market, ages 18-25, is an audience that turns to books to help deal with the challenges of growing up and what comes with balancing school, relationships, drugs, and rebellion. For older readers, this novel is a way to reminisce and read a story about a punk kid, much like…

Monsters in Society The concept of monsters, villains and the thrill of being terrified has been around for a very long time, but why? Society loves bad guys, because there’s so many things we are drawn to about them. To take it even farther, should we make movies about monsters? Does it encourage violent behavior or quench our thirst for violence? The world of terror, monsters and evil is one society can’t live without, the elements of fear and power, mystery and violence. All of these…

I’ve always loved reading, and throughout elementary school I would read obsessively. I made sure to read any chance I got. I’d read on the subway on the way from school and back, in class during free time, while walking down the street with my book in one hand and my father’s fingers in the other, and at home before bed. My favorite books (which I still have copies of in my bookcase) were The Trumpet of the Swan, Molly Moon’s Incredible Book of Hypnotism, The Phantom Tollbooth, The Witches…

However, though these events may affect dystopian literature in time, there are several written books that give insight into possibilities of a prospective society. For instance, Clockwork Orange by Anthony Buress, imagines a society where “violent criminals are forced to undergo a procedure so that they are mentally and emotionally incapable of harming another person.” Likewise, Running Man by Stephen King describes a society in which…

Have you ever watched a movie based on the events of a book or vise versa? Usually the movie follows the events of the book. But not in this case, the movie “The fall of the house of usher” contains some major differences from the book. If I were to just watch the movie, I would have never even know what the book is about. That is how much they differ. There are three major points in which the story and the movie differ. The storylines of both the book and the movie differ by way of a couple…

The novel 1984, written by George Orwell, is based on a negative utopian society in the year of 1984 and it is about a man named Winston who lives celled within a government called the Party, also ruled by Big Brother, so lavished with power that dictators like Hitler and Stalin would never had imagined possible. This government has complete ruling over the people of Oceania, the place where the story takes place, by means of keeping their actions and thoughts under control and punishing with…

The Unreliable Narrator: TED-Talk In most narratives, there is an element of trust between the narrator and the reader. Reading a novel temporarily places the reader in the hands of the narrator, intrigued and engaged, but how can we trust that the narrator is telling us everything they know? What limits does the narrator have, in terms of what they can perceive? Can we always trust the author’s words? Some literary critics argue that there is no such thing as a trustworthy narrator, since…

right there! Society comes in and slowly saps away your freedom of speech, fundamental human rights and the ability to do anything including reading, writing, and thinking. They manipulate the language to deprive you of these privileges. Alex (A Clockwork Orange) and Offred (The Handmaid’s Tale) have experienced this first hand from their government’s despotism actions. Both authors (Atwood and Burgess) create new “languages” to demonstrate its power to control others, to isolate others and to…