A clockwork Orange

[ernestodekam]

I read this book first and believe it is very important in showing the ways of a totalitarian government. The main issue for those who havn't seen it is aversion therapy. This is when a person who is in this case very violent is shown violent images and injected with a substance that makes him feel ill. This causes the patient to associate violence with sickness, so he wont do these violent acts. The problem is it dosn't allow the recipient to choose, thus depriving him of being a human. It is said that it is better to choose to do bad than to be forced to do good. I believe the book is far superiour to the film because it shows Alex finnaly choosing to do good, which shows he can grow out of his immature ways.

This is a top book and would like to read other peoples opinions.

[El Commandante]

I really liked the book as well, I agree with what you have said about it. But I wouldn't know about the film, I haven't had a chance to watch it yet.

[AgustoSandino]

ernestodekam, can i just ask, is your signature a thom jones quote. Just wondering?

[sabre]

C.O. is an awesome book. Its quite confusing though if you can't decipher the odd language it uses throughout. I remeber someone posted a key to it a while back on the old board....

[ernestodekam]

AgustoSandino, my signature is from a Rage Against The Machine song from Evil Empire called "Revolver". It is the first Rage song I ever heard and it's first few lines stuck in my mind for being so true.

[Alejandro C]

I just watched this movie again today with the subtitles on and laughed my ass off at the amazing language, its really good i like it a lot.

He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of living. - Dr. Johnson

[El Brujo]

Finnally, somebody mentions this awsome fuckin movie. :)

Superficially, It really seems like there is no meaning to it but its actually a lot like Aldous Huxleys "Brave New World" and the tendencies of elitist governments.

(Edited by El Brujo at 3:17 pm on May 1, 2002)

[ArgueEverything]

do you need to know russian to read it?

[Alejandro C]

You don't need to know Russian because it is in English. However the accent is kind of hard to understand and there are a lot of words in it that were just made up, so they are easy to miss.

[Fabi]

basically all the slang is made up... and it's all slang... ;)
awesome book...

[deadpool 52]

The book and the movie should be seen.

Especially from the chapter that is not in the movie, where Alex realizes that it is easy and cheap to destroy, and later turns to creating good.

[Dhul Fiqar]

Made up? But I'd heard a lot of those expressions before in London...

Did I misunderstand the post, or did I reverse the causal relationship?

Anyway, great movie, I'll be sure to read the book :)

--- G. Raven