Clockwork Orange
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A Clockwork Orange is an extremely controversial novel which has been read all over the world. This book was published by W.W. Norton and Company in New York and London originally in 1962. This novel has many graphic and disturbing parts throughout the story; however has a very relevant and important moral at its conclusion.
"There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar trying to make up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening. The Korova milkbar sold milk-plusmilk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence" (Burgess 1).
The novel commences in England, centering on Alex, the narrator, and three of his "droogs" or friends. The beginning of the story takes us through a night in the life of Alex and his Droogs, and describes the exciting activities that occupy their time...