A Clockwork Orange
- Created by: chloe
- Created on: 29-04-13 19:03
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- Key Ideas - Punishment v Rehabilitation; free will, good v evil, isolation or alienation, growing up; coming of age; the nature of power and authority
- Structure
- Symmetrical
- part 1 and part 3 mirror each other
- part 2 alex's identity is lost and he is isolated/ imprisoned
- each section starts with "what's it going to be then eh?"
- part 1 and part 3 mirror each other
- 3 parts; 7 chapters each
- Symmetrical
- Imagery & Symbolism
- milk
- religious
- Narrative Technique
- Language
- nadsat
- direct address to reader; he assumes we are on his side
- childish language -> alex's immaturity, naiveity
- 1st person narative
- narrator is main character: Alex
- invites us to sympathise with him (maybe despite ourselves)
- sharing his thoughts & opinions
- but only have his point of view
- reliability?
- but only have his point of view
- sharing his thoughts & opinions
- invites us to sympathise with him (maybe despite ourselves)
- narrator is main character: Alex
- Language
- Setting
- near future distopian
- pt 1 and pt 3 are mirrored
- pt 2 : he is physically isolated in prison
- characters & characterisation
- Alex
- it's through alex's behaviour and experiences that the key ideas are explored
- Main
- Other Characters
- his parents
- important either in way they affect alex or influence what happens to him
- his droogs, f alexander etc
- Alex
- Structure
- beginnings & ending
- Structure
- Symmetrical
- part 1 and part 3 mirror each other
- part 2 alex's identity is lost and he is isolated/ imprisoned
- each section starts with "what's it going to be then eh?"
- part 1 and part 3 mirror each other
- 3 parts; 7 chapters each
- Symmetrical
- Structure
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