Since the last post some things still aren't clear, such as the specific time period. All we know is that it takes place in England in the future. The book is really focused on Alex and his droogs, and the violence they take part in. Eventually Alex gets arrested after Dim set him up after they robbed an old lady's house, she ended up dying after the robbery. He initially is supposed to go to prison for 14 years. One day he kills his cellmate and is then signed up for these experiments where they give him a shot that makes him feel sick and then watch extremely violent movies. This brainwashes him into thinking the violence is what makes him feel so sick. He is then released after only two years. After he gets out, he runs into the man who happened to be the husband of the woman they robbed. He tortures Alex, hoping to kill him, but Alex doesn't end up dying. He shortly goes back to his life of violence until he runs into Pete and learns about his normal, happy life, which Alex then realizes is what he wants. One book/movie/TV show I would relate this to is the TV show Gotham. This is because in that show a lot of crime in the city goes noticed, but ignored, like the book. I would connect this to the world today because a lot of crime goes ignored, the government sometimes takes advantage of people in the prison, people can get unfair sentencing (either too short or too long), and in a lot of places there is extreme violence, but the government ignores it.
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The book I am reading is A Clockwork Orange.
So far I know that the book is placed in England, in a different time period, probably in the future. There are four main characters who are all boys. All I know about them so far is that they beat people up, steal and loot for fun. But, with the money they stole, they bought food for other people. It is confusing because there are a lot of words in the book that I am not familiar with, so I have to translate a lot while reading. Some basic simillarities between the book and our world are that, it takes place on Earth and some people don't like the police/military. I have read Hunger Games, Uglies and Cinder before which are all dystopian novels and I enjoyed those books, so I think I will enjoy this one too. I will comment on Matthew and Anil's blogposts. |
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