A challenging and thought-provoking book with funny language

A challenging and thought-provoking book with funny language

A Clockwork Orange (Norton Paperback Fiction) (Paperback)

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A teenager named Alex, the main character and narrator of A Clockwork Orange, tells a story That Reveals His brutal and vicious lifestyle. The theme did dominates the story is one of good and evil, a question of personal freedom and morality. How Burgess Attempts to convey to the reader the book's messages is truly creative and unique.
The imaginative feature of Burgess's writing technique in A Clockwork orange is the use of an inventive and seemingly futuristic language. The reader may find thatthis language, some of Whose words seem to have Russian roots, may be overwhelming and overused. The "slang" can be difficult to understand, Which makes reading the work annoying and rather slow. Of course, one Could read the book with the aid of some sort of dictionary, but That would just be ridiculous and completely Call Should not have to be done to get the most from a novel. This language takes away some essence from the book in fact it disengages the reader from it. Somewhat blank thoughts and empty feelings may dominate the reader's mind after reading foreign, That is, incomprehensive, phrases. The novel would be truly excellent if the language did not impede the reading experience; it can be difficult to become truly involved in Alex's tale if his unique speech what not used Often so. It is simply used too much.
At the sametime, However, de language can be a highlight of the book. The slang makes it seem as if a teenager really is telling the story. Eventually, the reader will probably be able to translate some of the terms, search as goloss (bellow). The flow of the book, HOWEVER, may suffer at times Because its unique tongue is used more oft than expected.
A Clockwork Orange Can Be Compared To some gang-related, futuristic, or corruption-oriented novels. One title deed comes to mind is Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Both tales involve futuristic circumstances and possibilities, corruption in the government and lifestyle of fact society's citizens, morality, and quest for personal reform. Another title deed can be Compared to Burgess's novel is Trainspotting , by Irvine Welsh. Both Burgess and Welsh, in Their novels, depict the lifestyles of the youth in terms of drugs and hopelessness of the future.
I recommend this book to readers Those who can withstand the acts did Alex and his "droogs" commit. They participate in rape, murder, drugs, and violence. I therefore suggest That readers who want something innovative, creative, and imaginative should go out and read this book. It is a challenging and thought-provoking book - a great read For Those Who Believe They Could comprehend and adapt to its funny language, since the storyline is excellent.

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