One of the best books ever written. The
book is about a young man named Alex who is a hoodlum and he and his
friends get off on tormenting and raping people. One night Alex's
friends betray him after he's killed some old woman and Alex is caught and put in jail. The government comes up with a rehab program that Alex volunteers for and it turns Alex against everything he loved before, including the works of Beethoven.
The
book is written mainly in a language called "Nadsat" ("teen" in Russian) which comprises of people, mainly teenagers using Russian words in otherwise English sentances. Most of the copies of the
book come with a glossary in the back, however, you can usually understand what a word means by the context it is used in.
A Clockwork
Orange is a very graphic and violent
book, but it does teach the reader very important lessons about themselves and about life.
Stanly Kubrick made A Clockwork
Orange into a movie that was released in 1971 and was promptly banned in several countries as it was viewed as too violent. There's a scene in the movie that was cut out because it was too violent and also a chapter in the
book that was cut out for the same reason. However, now you can get copies of the orginal book and I have heard rumors that you can download the original movie version.
