Literature Circle Post II

Book: A Clockwork Orange

Author: Anthony Burgess

Page: 1-130

Section A:
What I found striking about the book, was the fact that the main character was pushed to his extremities by being put into a rehabilitation facility. Usually you wouldn't see the main character who is supposed to prevail all things thrown at him, is being treated this way under these harsh conditions. I also find the book interesting because I don't know what's going to happen next and whether he will escape this mental torture house.

I like that the book contains a lot of violence and topics of the sort because in my opinion it really spices up the book. In most books the description of such actions would not be so vivid as they were in this book, therefore this book is in my top 5 favs.

Section B:
"What's your interpretation of the word clockwork orange?"
"How would you react in the situation the main character, Alex, is in?
"What connections can you make to the real word from the government in "A Clockwork Orange"?

Section C:
"And those hard slovos, brothers, were like the beginning of my freedom"
I chose this because it was repeated through out his time in jail but he didn't really get what he had expected. I liked it because it says you can't anticipate many situations in life such like this one, and he learns this the hard way. It was important to the book because it told them that he would be nice, fine and back to the way he was when the book first started but he doesn't, this part acts as a pivot point where the book turn from bad to worse, which you'll notice close to the end of the book.