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Angie Dupuis
November 25th 2006
American society & film
A Clockwork Orange
Based on the novel by Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange is a horrifying take on the fictional, not-so-distant future of mankind. Set in a morally rotten England, Alex and his hooligan brigade of “droogs” set out to wreak havoc among the people every night in a drugged-out rampage of rape and “ultra-violence”. Each night they sporadically choose unsuspecting, innocent victims. After being imprisoned for murder, Alex is “brain-washed” in an attempt to rid him of his sadistic ways. Sure enough it works. His sentence is reduced and he is released from prison. His whole world is turned upside down as he is savagely rejected by his hooligan friends and rejected by much of society.
With this film, Stanley Kubrick has created an over-exaggerated version of what many people were actually feeling deep inside based on the events of the 1960’s and the societal standpoint at that place in time. By the late 1960’s, many people had taken notice to the severe moral deterioration of society and many more had taken notice to the lack of fear and respect the youth held for both their elders and most obviously, law enforcement. This film criticizes, for the most part, every major value
November 25th 2006
American society & film
A Clockwork Orange
Based on the novel by Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange is a horrifying take on the fictional, not-so-distant future of mankind. Set in a morally rotten England, Alex and his hooligan brigade of “droogs” set out to wreak havoc among the people every night in a drugged-out rampage of rape and “ultra-violence”. Each night they sporadically choose unsuspecting, innocent victims. After being imprisoned for murder, Alex is “brain-washed” in an attempt to rid him of his sadistic ways. Sure enough it works. His sentence is reduced and he is released from prison. His whole world is turned upside down as he is savagely rejected by his hooligan friends and rejected by much of society.
With this film, Stanley Kubrick has created an over-exaggerated version of what many people were actually feeling deep inside based on the events of the 1960’s and the societal standpoint at that place in time. By the late 1960’s, many people had taken notice to the severe moral deterioration of society and many more had taken notice to the lack of fear and respect the youth held for both their elders and most obviously, law enforcement. This film criticizes, for the most part, every major value