Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick
A first-person account of a charismatic but brutal teenager who leads a gang in a near-future dystopia, committing acts of “ultraviolence” until arrested and subjected to an experimental state-sponsored aversion therapy that strips him of the capacity to choose, turning questions of punishment, control, and moral responsibility into a public spectacle; the story probes whether true reform can be imposed or must come from within, and critiques the use of power by both individuals and the state.
- Published
- 1962
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 192 pages
- Original Language
- English
- Avg User Rating
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(3.0)
- Alternate Titles
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- La naranja mecánica
- Laranja Mecânica
- Orange mécanique
- Uhrwerk Orange
- Заводной апельсин
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