Clockwork Orange

Choose one of the followin" rel="nofollow">ing topics: A. To what extent might fear dictate whom we are, both as in" rel="nofollow">individuals and as society? B. Investigate the idea that although Alex "ceases to be a wrongdoer. He ceases also to be a creature capable of moral choice" (82): does this in" rel="nofollow">invalidate him as a person? Is personhood connected to choice? C. In what ways and for what reasons might Burgess exploit Russian and the nasdat language? What is the effect on the reader? D. What happens to our understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of evil if we grant that evil people can experience aesthetic pleasure? To flip this over, is it evil to harness aesthetic pleasure as part of aversion therapy? E. Consider what is normal or "healthy" in" rel="nofollow">in the novel from a variety of perspectives, in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing the fin" rel="nofollow">inal chapter: what claim do you thin" rel="nofollow">ink Burgess is makin" rel="nofollow">ing about "health" both of the in" rel="nofollow">individual and the society? F. Examin" rel="nofollow">ine the competin" rel="nofollow">ing visions of masculin" rel="nofollow">inity throughout the novel. Which version do you thin" rel="nofollow">ink Burgess fin" rel="nofollow">inally endorses and what are the consequences of that position? G. How does irony help defin" rel="nofollow">ine this dystopia? H. Examin" rel="nofollow">ine the debates among the various authorities as Alex is bein" rel="nofollow">ing treated: what, for these authorities, are the key issues? And how do these issues result in" rel="nofollow">in social policy? I. Look carefully at the consequences of Alex's treatment durin" rel="nofollow">ing Part Three, when he re-enters society, payin" rel="nofollow">ing particular attention to Alex as "a victim of the modern age" (100). Examin" rel="nofollow">ine the idea of victimhood and humanity.