Re: A. Burgess (keeping a dictionary handy)
Emily Friedman (bananafish_9@yahoo.com)
Sun, 29 Nov 1998 09:48:20 -0800 (PST)
---Sproutt18@aol.com wrote:
>
> When I read _A Clockwork Orange_ I ended up printing out a
dictionary I found
> on-line with all the slang words that Burgess used/made up in that
book. I
> found it very helpful, and since I was doing a report on Burgess I
ended up
> using some of his slang in the writing of that paper. The only
other Burgess
> book I have read is _The Doctor is Sick_. It is also very
interesting and
> strange and twisted, but I reccomend it if you are looking for
further Burgess
> reading. Also, if you read the American version of _A Clockwork
Oragne_, it
> was originally missing the 21st chapter and it has just recently
been added.
> This chapter shows the complete change of the main character.
However, the
> movie was based on the 20 chapter book.
>
> Becky
>
I thought the the movie was horrible. I never finished watching it
actually. The 21st chapter was so crucial to the the story, I can't
believe that it was left out. People that read the book without the
21st chapter missed a lot.
-Liz Friedman
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