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How The Sectionals 'Change In Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange

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Being certain on things is always a good thing to do. But there are times when you can never be certain on something. A good example of this is when throughout the summer our boys cross country team thought we would go to state for sure and we were certain about it. But then the sectionals were posted and that's when we started to be less and less certain. Sectionals came around and we got beat and didn't go to state. This shows it is impossible to be certain about things because certain things can change in an instant. This shows how it is impossible to certain on things which is what happened to Alex in the book A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess the book is about how Alex is caught by the police. After he is caught they perform this experiment …show more content…

But then the sectionals were posted and that's when we started to be less and less certain. Sectionals came around and we got beat and didn't go to state. This shows it is impossible to be certain about things because certain things can change in an instant. This shows how it is impossible to certain on things which is what happened to Alex in the book A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess the book is about how Alex is caught by the police. After he is caught they perform this experiment on him which makes him unable to commit a crime this doesn’t work which shows how it is impossible to be certain. There may be a few problems with the claim for the book A Clockwork Orange By Anthony Burgess that you may not always be certain about things. Now some people may point out problems with that claim since the first thing that people may point out is the fact that Alex does not commit a crime at the end of book this being the strongest argument that can be give. You collect all of this info from what Burgess says on page 71 “ Alex all on his oddy knocky seeking like a mate. And all that …show more content…

The reason you can be certain on things is because of the fact that he doesn’t wanna commit crime which is what the experiment was meant to do. He stops doing all of this and gives up the life of being criminal he wants to be a father which is the something the book says clearly. This does show how the claim might not be right since Alex doesn’t commit crime and it can show how you can be certain about things. The second argument that can be shown is the fact that he starts to show weakness with him committing crime since Alex would always go out all night and commit terrible crimes all of this can be shown from Burgess stating on page 68 “Look, droogies. Listen. Tonight I am somehow just not in the mood. I know not why or how it is, but there it is. You three go your own ways this nightwise, leaving me out”. This can disprove the claim that has been created since It's starting to show that you can be certain things which is the opposite of the claim with the experiment looking like it is beginning to start to take effect on Alex. But here is the problem with this argument the fact that Alex still does commit crime and the claim that is arguement is trying to disproves with it stating how it is impossible to be certain

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