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Essay Archive - A Clockwork Orange: Review of Book and Film Version
A Clockwork Orange: Review of Book and Film Version
In A Clockwork Orange, Alex, the narrator and the main character,
tells the story of his teenage years, starting at fifteen. He begins his
tale as the leader of a small gang that spends its evenings pillaging and
wreaking havoc on the town until the gang mutinies and "Your Humble
Narrator," as Alex refers to himself, is caught by the police. From there,
Alex travels to State Jail 84F to serve 14 years, but receives an offer
from "the Government" which entails undergoing experimental treatment in
return for early release. He seize....
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