Clock Work Orange – My choice

    Recently I saw four movies; College road trip, 27 dresses, The other Boleyn girl and Clock Work Orange. Almost all four were good movies. The ones that I liked the most were the other Boleyn girl, 27 dresses and Clock work orange. All three movies had a good plot. The other Boleyn girl is about two Boleyn sisters in which one gets married to the King of England, Henry VIII. Mary is portrayed as the innocent girl yet labeled “a whore” due to the fact that she had many affairs where as Anne is considered the worst queen of England. The second movie “27 dresses” is about a girl who is bridesmaid 27 times. When she was young, she fell in love with weddings. The idea of being there for the bride and helping her through the wedding is very appealing to her but one day a guy comes into her life and makes her realize that she has dreams too and one day she would want to be a bride too. Also that instead of making others happy she should prioritize her happiness. The third movie “A Clock Work Orange (1971)” by Stanley Kubrick, the movie is based on a fictional novel by Anthony Burgess, published in 1962. It is written in the first person viewpoint in which Alex plays the role of the protagonist in the story.

I am planning to write about “Clock Work Orange” where Alex, the protagonist plays both the role of a victim and perpetrator. He commits various crimes such as murder, forcible rape and robbery. He also has created a gang of which he is the member. His gang members are called “droogies” an old term used in the 90’s.

How I would argue for my judgment?

1. Alex’s character, a 15 year old living in such a deteriorated and crime prone neighborhood.
2. He is not going to school and his parents don’t force him too. They have already given up on him and in some ways they are scared to even approach him because he seems dangerous.
3. He is Anti-social. People that he interacts with is; his family, gang members, victims and P.R. Deltoid.
4. He is manipulated by the government.
5. Is he to blame for his lifestyle and deviant behavior?
6. Are his parents to blame for his behavior?

Specifically, what reasons would I give to my readers?

I am going to go back to each specific scene that I want to mention and describe and explain it further. e.g, Alex lives in a completely deteriorated neighborhood; the question is that does a bad neighborhood affect his behavior? Trash outside buildings, the elevator door is broken and so is the elevator, no one is seen outside or inside the buildings except for his family and his three droogies. The movie is a good piece due to the main character and the time period it is placed in i.e. 1970s when crime rate was increasingly going up. The irony that, it was written as a fiction on a 15 year old deviant kid who was sentenced to 14 years in prison for illegally entering someone’s’ property and then brutally raping a woman who eventually dies.

Why do I assume that my readers would accept these reasons as appropriate for evaluating this particular film?

    I believe my readers will accept these reasons as appropriate for evaluating this particular film. At times, it is very obscene and gross but after watching the movie several times, you realize that though the movie is placed in 1970’s it is predicting the future of the upcoming generation. This movie goes beyond violent movies. The director is not showing bloodshed but specifically illustrating how both environment and people affect youth. How without guidance and supervision children can go astray and become deviant. The director not only pictures the protagonist’s behavior but also others around him, his parents, gang members, police men and the government.