Alex is a fictional character in Anthony Burgess ' novel A Clockwork Orange and Stanley Kubrick 's film adaptation of the same name, in which he is played by Malcolm McDowell. In the book, Alex's surname is not stated. In the film, however, Kubrick chose it to be DeLarge, a reference to Alex calling himself The Large in the novel. 1 Life 2 Appearance 3 Personality 4 Film 5 Trivia Life Alex, attended a correction school when he was young, which is why P. R. Deltoid watches over Alex. At the beginning of the novel he lives with his parents in a flat in ' Municipal Flatblock 18a ', his parents remain unaware of his current criminal activities.
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[first lines] Alex : There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar trying to make up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening. The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. Alex is the "Clockwork" antagonist, protagonist, and "your friend and humble narrator," and in Kubrick's own words, "a character who by every logical and rational consideration should be. 1 Alex 2 Minister of the Interior 3 Mr. Alexander 4 P.R. Deltoid 5 Prison Chaplain 6 Dim 7 External links Alex [ edit] There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar trying to make up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening. A Clockwork Orangeis a 1971 filmabout a violent gang of teenagers in a futuristic Britain, whose leader is captured and given aversion therapy to combat his violent tendencies. Written and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the novelby Anthony Burgess.
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A Clockwork Orange: Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke. In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned. Alex Alex is the narrator and protagonist of A Clockwork Orange. Every word on the page is his, and we experience his world through the sensations he describes and the suffering he endures. He is at once generic and highly individual, mindless and substantive, knowingly evil and innocently likeable. F. Alexander The narrator and protagonist of A Clockwork Orange. Alex is a smart "nadsat" [teen] boy with a penchant for what he calls "ultra-violence," as well as a deep love for classical music. He is a manipulative sociopath, and he rarely feels remorse for his reprehensible actions. The story takes place in London in a dystopian future. "Our humble narrator" Alex DeLarge ( Malcolm McDowell) and his droogs, Georgie (James Marcus), Dim (Warren Clarke), and Pete (Michael Tarn), are seated in the Korova Milk Bar stoned on milk laced with narcotics. Shortly, the gang leaves the Korova for a night of ultra-violence.
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A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 dystopian crime film adapted, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on Anthony Burgess 's 1962 novel of the same name. It employs disturbing, violent images to comment on psychiatry, juvenile delinquency, youth gangs, and other social, political, and economic subjects in a dystopian near-future Britain. tags: dystopia 1249 likes Like "We can destroy what we have written, but we cannot unwrite it." ― Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange tags: writing 1045 likes Like "When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man." ― Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange tags: choice , life , man 896 likes Like "The important thing is moral choice.
Mr. DeLarge Little Alex Origin A Clockwork Orange Occupation Malefactor Powers / Skills Cane Straight Razor Leadership Intelligence Singing Hobby Causing trouble. Drinking spiked milk. Listening to classical music, specifically Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Hanging out in the Korova Milk Bar. Abusing his Droogs. Singing the song Singing in the Rain. Helpful • 224 1 Alex: It's funny how the colors of the real world only seem really real when you viddy them on the screen. Helpful • 321 3 Conspirator: Do you still feel suicidal? Alex: Well, put it this way, I feel very low in myself. I can't see much in the future, and I feel that any second something terrible is going to happen to me.
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A Clockwork Orange is as brilliant, transgressive, and influential as when it was published fifty years ago. Alex and his "Droogs" spend their nights getting high at the Korova Milkbar before embarking on "a little of the old ultraviolence," such as terrorizing a writer, Mr. Alexander, and gang raping his wife. But when it comes to pure evil - evil as a force of nature - Alex, the 15-year-old narrator of Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel, A Clockwork Orange, is in a league of his own. First and foremost.
