A Clockwork Orange: Review of Book and Firm 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 seizes what
seems to him an opportunity, but is horrified by the "cure" he endures. The new
"good" Alex that is released unto the world is depressed, frustrated, and lonely,
although no longer violent. A radical political group then exploits him as an
example of the cruelty of "the Government." This faction tries to force Alex to
suicide in order to gain a martyr, but Alex's attempt fails and he is......
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