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So I finished "A Clockwork Orange" yesterday and it was one of the best books I have ever read. Quick synopsis of the story: In the future, criminals run amock at night (most of them being teenager). One such criminal, name of Alex, is a violent sociopathic malchick with a love for blood, classical music, and rape. He gets caught by the police and forced to endure Lodovico's treatment after killing a fellow inmate. Using classical conditioning, the police teach him to react with feelings of physical ailment when viewing anything remotely violent. He is no longer a person who can choose to do good or bad.
I was really surprised by the scope of emotions i experienced while reading the novel. When Alex was "cured" of his violent mind, i mourned the loss of his character. It was strange, feeling sorry for the absence of someone so horrible and disgusting. In my thirteen years of Catholic schooling I have struggled with one main issue that this book addressed. Is it better for us to have free will, or just be good by default?
The way I see it, there is no such thing as a good or bad person. We're all the same. We all fight and bleed and smile and fall in love and grow old and die. But it is our choices that make us individuals. I believe strongly that it is better to have free will and choose to do evil or choose to do good than be an angel by default.
It is better to be a bruised fruit than a clockwork orange.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone in the mood for a beautiful and yet intellectually challenging book. It's a bit hard to read because it's written in nadsat, a slavic/rhyming slang that Burgess invented for the characters. But after about two pages, you fall right into the dialect.
PLEASE DO NOT JUST GO OUT AND RENT THE MOVIE. IT DOES NOT COMPARE.
I was really surprised by the scope of emotions i experienced while reading the novel. When Alex was "cured" of his violent mind, i mourned the loss of his character. It was strange, feeling sorry for the absence of someone so horrible and disgusting. In my thirteen years of Catholic schooling I have struggled with one main issue that this book addressed. Is it better for us to have free will, or just be good by default?
The way I see it, there is no such thing as a good or bad person. We're all the same. We all fight and bleed and smile and fall in love and grow old and die. But it is our choices that make us individuals. I believe strongly that it is better to have free will and choose to do evil or choose to do good than be an angel by default.
It is better to be a bruised fruit than a clockwork orange.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone in the mood for a beautiful and yet intellectually challenging book. It's a bit hard to read because it's written in nadsat, a slavic/rhyming slang that Burgess invented for the characters. But after about two pages, you fall right into the dialect.
PLEASE DO NOT JUST GO OUT AND RENT THE MOVIE. IT DOES NOT COMPARE.