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* CrazyCatLady: The rich widow's house is filled with cats.
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* CrazyCatLady: The rich widow's house is filled with cats. This turns out to be a surprising equalizer against the younger, stronger Alex, as the milk saucers she leaves all over the house keep tripping him up.
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* LifesWorkRuined: When Alex and his droogs break into F. Alexander, he shreds the author's manuscript of ''A Clockwork Orange''. Alexander goes ballistic, screaming and crying that it was his life's work ruined. Two years later, the manuscript had been remade by scratch and published.
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* LifesWorkRuined: When Alex and his droogs break into F. Alexander, he shreds the author's manuscript of ''A Clockwork Orange''. Alexander goes ballistic, screaming and crying that it was his life's work ruined. Two years later, the manuscript had been remade by rewritten from scratch and published.
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: In the American version, no one learns anything, and Alex is given free rein to exercise his violent tastes with government protection. In the English version, Alex never feels regret for his actions, but finally matures and simply doesn't feel like assaulting and raping anymore, implying that sociopathic tendencies are a natural part of youth (and by extension, the natural state of humanity)]].
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: In the American version, no one learns anything, and Alex is given free rein to exercise his violent tastes with government protection. In the English version, Alex never feels regret for his actions, but finally matures matures, loses his interest in ultraviolence, and simply doesn't feel like assaulting and raping anymore, implying even looks forward to starting a family of his own; while this isn't really a downer ending for ''him'', the implication remains that sociopathic tendencies are a natural part of youth (and by extension, the natural state of humanity)]].
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:The treatment's sickness is so bad that Alex is driven to suicide if subjected to it for too long. He attempts to do so after being locked in a room with the Third Symphony by the fictional composer Otto Skadelig. Wonderfully symbolic in that 'Skadelig' means 'Harmful' in Danish and Norwegian]].
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:The treatment's sickness is so bad that Alex is driven to suicide if subjected to it its triggers for too long. He attempts to do so after being locked in a room with the Third Symphony by the fictional composer Otto Skadelig. Wonderfully symbolic in that 'Skadelig' means 'Harmful' in Danish and Norwegian]].
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* AuthorAvatar: The author. In the book, his name is given as Frank Alexander (his book is called ''A Clockwork Orange''), and the rape scene is based on a vaguely similar incident that occurred to Burgess' wife during World War II.
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* AuthorAvatar: The author. In the book, his name is given as Frank Alexander (his book is called ''A Clockwork Orange''), and the rape scene is based on a vaguely similar incident that occurred to Burgess' wife during World War II.UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
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->"''A man who cannot choose ceases to be a man"''
-->-- '''F. Alexander, Part 3, Chapter 4'''
-->-- '''F. Alexander, Part 3, Chapter 4'''
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->"''A man who cannot choose ceases to be a man"''
man."''
-->-- '''F.Alexander, Alexander''', Part 3, Chapter 4'''
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-->-- '''F.
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Things are going swimmingly for Alex until his 'droogs' begins to chafe under his leadership. Alex is still content with pointless violence, but the gang is starting to grow up and think about making a profit. After a fight for supremacy, he reasserts himself as leader, but bows to the gang's interest in robbing a wealthy widow's house. Alex takes the lead in the robbery, but the widow discovers him, leading to a fight. As the gang flees, they betray Alex and leave him for the police to apprehend. At the station, the police inform Alex that the widow died of her injuries, making him a murderer. He is quickly convicted and sentenced to a lengthy prison term.
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Things are going swimmingly for Alex until his 'droogs' begins begin to chafe under his leadership. Alex is still content with pointless violence, but the gang is starting to grow up and think about making a profit. After a fight for supremacy, he reasserts himself as leader, but bows to the gang's interest in robbing a wealthy widow's house. Alex takes the lead in the robbery, but the widow discovers him, leading to a fight. As the gang flees, they betray Alex and leave him for the police to apprehend. At the station, the police inform Alex that the widow died of her injuries, making him a murderer. He is quickly convicted and sentenced to a lengthy prison term.
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''A Clockwork Orange'' is a 1962 novella by Creator/AnthonyBurgess. In a {{dystopi|a}}c future where [[TeenageWasteland street crime is rampant and youths are uncontrollable]], teenage sociopath Alex and his friends [[TeensAreMonsters prowl the night spreading terror and destruction wherever they go]]. By daybreak, Alex returns home to his [[AdultsAreUseless vapid parents]], who turn a blind eye to his activities, and enjoys his second favorite thing in the world: ClassicalMusic.
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''A Clockwork Orange'' is a 1962 novella by Creator/AnthonyBurgess. In a {{dystopi|a}}c future where [[TeenageWasteland street crime is rampant and youths are uncontrollable]], teenage sociopath Alex and his friends [[TeensAreMonsters prowl the night spreading terror and destruction wherever they go]]. By daybreak, Alex returns home to his [[AdultsAreUseless vapid parents]], who turn a blind eye to his activities, and enjoys his second favorite thing in the world: ClassicalMusic.
[[ClassicalMusic classical music]].
