Re: Clockwork Orange
Emily Friedman (bananafish_9@yahoo.com)
Wed, 13 Jan 1999 15:40:19 -0800 (PST)
---blah b b blah <jrovira@juno.com> wrote:
>
> Dead Horses Galore. . .
>
> Ok, I finished it. Enjoyed it a lot. Yes, the 21st chapter was
> Indispensable. If he had just left off being the same old nadsat he
was
> before he'd be denying the reality of choice just as much as if he'd
> reformed through the use of conditioning his responses. I thought the
> scene where he got sick reading the Bible due to his conditioning was
> especially apropos :)
>
> The most interesting thing about the book was its use of language, of
> course, but most of the meaning seemed pretty well right on the
surface.
> Besides the language it's probably the least sophisticated of all the
> Burgess I've read so far. The dual introductions were especiallly
> entertaining ;) But it twas an enjoyable read and his point was well
> taken....
>
> Jim
>
I'm glad you liked it. I read it over the summer. What is interesting
is that I have a friend who speaks Russian and she told me that a lot
of the slang words used in the book are similar to Russian words. It
is a great book, I haven't read any others by him. Are they similar to
Clockwork Orange, or are they totally different?
-Liz Friedman
>
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