A Clockwork Orange Figurative Language

Literary Analysis: A Clockwork Orange In our generation of modern literature novels that fall into the genre of Horror, Science Fiction, Romance, and Crime seem to be popular in the market to young readers and veterans. Although the reading community seems to know what is popular and well-known in the market, they can sometimes forget instant classics such as “A Clockwork Orange”. Anthony Burgess’s “A Clockwork Orange” is a great book because it stands out with its narration of “nadsat” (teenage slang) as it marks Alex (protagonist) out from the rest of the characters within the plotline. The book is infamous for its ultraviolence but does not glorify violence. Instead the book mostly focuses on Alex’s morality of free will on whether it is

First off, the narration of Alex really gives the reader a good idea of what is happening in the scene with its onomatopoeia that is added. “He upped with it and it snaked whishhhh and he chained me gentle and artistic like on the glazlids.” This quote is a good example of onomatopoeia as the “whishhhh” represents the chain being whipped out and smacked into Alex’s eye giving a good visual of how the scene might have played out. Imagery is well done in this book. Quotes as detailed as “They went haw haw haw, viddying old Dim dancing round and fisting the writer veck started to platch like his life’s work was ruined, going boo hoo hoo with a very square bloody rot.” And “I ripped away at this and that and the other, the others going haw haw haw still, and real horroshow groodies they were and then exhibited their pink glazzies.” Give the reader their fair share of horridly majestic scenes. The allusions are also a nice bonus to the story. In a specific chapter the author, Anthony Burgess, makes an allusion towards his own book by referencing his title of the book, “A Clockwork Orange” in the book. This gives the reader some sort of “Easter Egg”