Banned Book Report On Clockwork Orange

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A Clockwork Orange is about one teenage boy named Alex whose goal in life was to mainly cause trouble. He was in a “gang”, so to say, with his three other friends and they would go around either create adultery by raping women in their homes or going to the local stores and wrecking up the place. When Alex was finally stabbed in the back by his so called “friends” he was sent to jail for murdering a woman. While spending time in jail he learned of a therapy technique that was looking for candidates for testing and would initially take time off the prison sentence for participating. Alex was initially chosen and soon learned that this “therapy” was more like torture and he was forced to watch countless hours of gruesome crimes, some that he committed himself. After finishing, Alex found himself feeling physically sick at the thought of any violence whatsoever. Initially in the end Alex’s bad deeds catch up with him and he ends up in the hospital. Unfortunately due to the beatings he received and attempted suicide all the mind tricks he was under were completely gone and he remained the same kid as he was at the beginning of the novel. This book was published in 1962 by Anthony Burgess. Within twenty years it has been banned in countless high schools, some of which include Aurora, Colorado (1976); Westport, Rhode Island (1977); and high school libraries in Anniston, Alabama (1982) for many reasons (Lancto, Craig The World & I, 09-01-2003). A Clockwork Orange has been the center of controversy due to Anthony Burgess’s questionable language as well as the very graphic scenes. Many parents feel as though their children aren’t ready for this type of violence while still attending high school, and in all reality I feel as though they won’t. From reading this book and with my own opinion, I think the banning on this book is completely appropriate due to the graphic nature
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