Orange County

There will never be a more disturbing or powerful scene other than the one in A Clockwork Orange, directed by Stanley Kubrick (1971) of Alex Delarge as played by Malcolm Mcdowell when he is going to rape Mrs. Alexander while joyously recounting “singing in the rain.” Not even apart of the original screenplay as written by Anthony Burgess, Mcdowell adds a sense of deeper depravity to the situation by singing the tune mad-lib style. This scene finishes with Mr. and Mrs. Alexander tied and up and…

A Clockwork Orange is one of the most controversial works of fiction ever created. Upon its original 1963 release it was regarded as overly violent and disturbing. The film adaptation, released in 1972 and directed by Stanley Kubrick, garnered an even larger reputation and was banned entirely in the United Kingdom. Even though both the book and the movie are seen as disturbing in the eyes of the public, they vary slightly in interesting and relevant ways. The movie and the book versions of A…

Agent Orange is a herbicide and defoliant chemical, one of the tactical use of Rainbow Herbicides. It is widely known for its use by the U.S military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971. It is a mixture of equal parts of two herbicides,trichlorophenoxyacetic acid, and dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. In addition to its damaging environmental effects, the chemical has caused major health problems for many individuals who were…

Boxing For The Win The movie "Creed" and the novel When I Found You by Catherine Ryan Hyde are about two troubled boys. The boys both have a dream of becoming professional boxers. When they were younger they struggled and had been in Juvenile Hall. They did not know their biological parents and that have frustrated them some. They were raised by someone who had wanted to take them in that was not related to them. the novel and movie have many differences. The first difference is the boys had…

Character Background: Alex is an 18 year old boy, by the end of his prison sentence. He is 15 years old at the beginning, when he is first caught and put on trial. He is a teen in 1960 England, in what seems to be dingy and dark but full of scholars and terrific writers. Alex has sociopathic tendencies and seems to fantasize about murder and rape. He even likes to spike his milk with hallucinogenic. However, Alex is a big fan of Ludwig Van Beethoven and takes pleasure in listening to Beethoven…

Burgess in his novel A Clockwork Orange. In the book, the reader can identify one main theme; the importance of free will. The reader is taken through the book by 15-year-old Alex whom along with his friends are described engaging in activities such as rape, violence, and theft until he is subjected to a form of conditioning that “cures” him of this violent nature. In 1971, director Stanley Kubrick adapted the novel into a film under the same title, A Clockwork Orange. Sharing the same theme as…

concern in Vietnam. Most industrial areas do not have waste water treatment plants and, around Vietnam, only 14% of waste water is treated. This has resulted in the loss of many ecosystems. The war also had a great effect on the environment. Agent Orange was used as a defoliant, bulldozers were used to remove vegetation and topsoil, landslides were purposely created, melaleuca forests were burned and elephants were bombed. It is estimated that 20,000 square km of forest and farmland were…

Kevin Le Hernandez English III K -1st 26 January 2015 Psychological Advances Causes More Corruption In the novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, many different types of sciences are associated with it such as neurology, sociology and social psychology. Psychology can be defined as the study of the human mind and its function in a given environment. The story starts off with the protagonist, Alex. With his gang, he roams around the streets robbing, beating men, and raping women. One of…

As part of the Vietnam war, the U.S. military sprayed 12.1 gallons of Agent Orange defoliant on trees and vegetation in Vietnam. This so-called toxic chemical is mixed with other varieties of herbicides used for removing trees and dense tropical foliage that provided cover the Vietnam troops. Much of agent orange contains dioxin, which is a highly dangerous and toxic chemical, known to cause “reproductive and developmental problems, disruption of the immune system, interference with hormones and…

serious birth defects, while as many as 2 million people are suffering from cancer or other illness." The U.S. used Agent Orange as a strategy to open up the Vietnam jungle so tanks and APC's could take part in operations. When the U.S. sprayed Agent Orange, they didn't realize how much it would effect U.S. soldiers, the Vietnamese people, and the Vietnam environment. Agent Orange caused many diseases like AL Amyloidosis, Chronic B-cell Leukemias, and Hodgkin's Disease. Many Veterans and…