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Jove Muidet asked this question about A Clockwork Orange:
I'm a little terrified to read this book, if anything... the reviews give me limited knowledge of it but I'd like to know the author's main points in the book? To give a psychological insight or provide just a strange, demented and sadist view from the characters?
Medusa Jordan I think that Burgess was making a statement about how crime and punishment can be handled, how politicians are corrupt, how important it is for everyo…moreI think that Burgess was making a statement about how crime and punishment can be handled, how politicians are corrupt, how important it is for everyone to stand up to anti social behaviour. I don't think that there is much psychological insight, or portrayal of the main characters as strange. (less)
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A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
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