A clockwork orange

Have you ever heard of the book clockwork orange?

1. Yes
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Table of contents

• Author 
  
• Context 
• Literature period 
• Plot
• Movie trailer 
• Novel vs Movie 
• Themes 
  
• Literary terms 

Author

• Anthony Burgess
  
• 50 novels
• Classical music
• Complex themes
• Influencial 

How many novels did Anthony Burgess write?

1. 15
2. 25
3. 50
4. 20

Context

• Dystopian future
• Violence and crime
• Ludovico Technique

Literature period 

• '60s -> postmodernism (futuristic dystopian)
• Dark humor 
• Exploration of complex themes 
• Satirical tone 

Plot of the novel

• Alex
• Vandelism
• Betrayel --> prison
• Experimental treatment
•  Back in society
• Attempting suicide
• Desire to settle down

Characters

What do you think of the Ludovico Technique?

Alex

• Protagonist
• Narrator of the novel
• Leads a gang
• Brutallity/crime
• Caught/experimental treatment 

Dim

• Member Alex's 'gang'
• Dumb, follows others
•  Betrays Alex

Pete

• Another member alex's gang
• loyal to Alex
• Smart
• Counterbalance to violent Alex

Georgie

• Gang member
• Hungry for power
• Challenges Alex
• Betrayel 
• He leaves Alex outnumbered durig a robbery
• Alex captured

Who is the leader of the gang?

1. Dim
2. Georgie
3. Pete
4. Alex

Novel vs Movie 

• Movie based on novel 
• Same events, same timeline 
• Different ending  

Themes

• Free will vs Determinism
• Morality and ethics
• The nature of evil 

Hyperbole

• Exaggeration 
• Alex's narration is filled with hyperbolic language

Fatalism

• Events are predetermined and inevitable
• Despite his treatment, Alex ultimately returns to his violent tendencies, suggesting that this fate may be predetermined regardless of external influences 

Foreshadowing

• An author hints at future events in the narrative
• Early in the novel, Alex expresses his disdain for authority and society's attempts to control him, foreshadowing the conflicts he will face later in the story. 

Gothic Novel

• Elements of fear, horror, death, and gloom, as well as romantic elements, such as nature, individuality, and very high emotion.
• Darker aspects of human nature, including violence, nihilism, and the loss of free will.

Existentialism

• A philosophical movement that emphasizes the individual's freedom and responsibility in creating meaning in a seemingly meaningless word. 
• Alex grapples with questions of personal identity and the consequences of his actions, ultimately confronting the existential dilemma of whether to choose good or evil in a world devoid of inherent meaning. 

Game

• First: link the five discussed literary terms with their definition 
• Second: when having all five correct, finish the rebus a.s.a.p. in order to win 
• Due to a lack of honestness proven in the past, mister K. Van der Zee is automatically disqualified 

Existentialism

Hyperbole

Foreshadowing

Fatalism

Gothic Novel

The belief that all events are predetermined and therefore inevitable.

An extravagant exaggeration of fact, used either for serious or comic effect. 

Elements of fear, horror, death, and gloom, as well as romantic elements, such as nature, individuality, and very high emotion.

Hints of what is to come in the action of a play or a story

A philosophical theory or approach which emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.