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A Clockwork Orange Study Guide

by Anthony Burgess

A Clockwork Orange study guide contains a biography of Anthony Burgess, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

The narrator, 15-year-old Alex, and his gang - Dim, Pete, and Georgie - run amok in futuristic London. When the foursome isn't downing drug-laced milk in the Korova Milkbar and speaking in the Slavic-influenced slang of nadsat, they are robbing, beating, and raping socialist London's citizens. On this particular night, they beat up an old man with science books and a homeless man, get into a fight with a rival gang led by Billyboy, and steal a car and take it for a joyride to the country. At a cottage labeled "HOME," they beat up the author of "A Clockwork Orange" - a manuscript celebrating human free will and denouncing any infringement upon it - and rape his wife. Back at the Korova Milkbar, Alex hits Dim for interrupting a woman singing…

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• A Clockwork Orange Summary
• About A Clockwork Orange
• Character List
• Glossary of Terms
• Major Themes
• Summary and Analysis of Part One, Chapters 1-4
• Summary and Analysis of Part One, Chapters 5-7
• Summary and Analysis of Part Two, Chapters 1-4
• Summary and Analysis of Part Two, Chapters 5-7
• Summary and Analysis of Part Three, Chapters 1-4
• Summary and Analysis of Part Three, Chapters 5-7
• Related Links on A Clockwork Orange
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 1
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 2
• Author of ClassicNote and Sources

• A Clockwork Orange: Major Themes
• A Clockwork Orange: Essays
• A Clockwork Orange: Questions
• A Clockwork Orange: Purchase the Novel and Related Material
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