In one of his other works, Anthony Burgess has stated that he is prepared to repudiate this novel because of the danger of it being misunderstood.
Impressions?
Like the movie, the book was really violent but contrary to what other people might think, the book does not actually promote violence. For me, it is actually about the concept of good and evil. If someone does not have a choice but to do good, will it even count? The concept of a clockwork orange also made a strong impression on me. Organic on the outside but mechanical on the inside.
Most Memorable Lines?
“When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man”
“Is a man who chooses the bad perhaps in some ways better than a man who has the good imposed upon him”
“The attempt to impose upon man, a creature of growth and capable of sweetness, to ooze juicily at the last round the bearded lips of God, to attempt to impose, I say, laws and conditions appropriate to a mechanical creation”
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