In 1993, Luis Rodriguez wrote an autobiographical book Always Running. Within months the Theocratic Right of Book Banning made Always Running their number one target calling it ungodly, antifamily, radical, and harmful. Rockford school district member, Ed Sharp, went to the extent of stating, “I challenge anyone who knows how the mind works, after reading this book, not to be more likely to assume the lifestyle of a gang person and not to be more likely to have sex in the back of a car” (Sharp). Had Sharp truly read Always Running and comprehended the passion, he would understand Rodriguez is only speaking of true life and real events. On the other hand, Armando Solana, a high school student commented on the novel, “Reading this book is like living thorough it…what I learned from this book is to never give up no matter what” (Always Running preface).
At his high school, Jack is frequently ridiculed and tormented Cohen 2 by a bully who makes several attempts to get into a fight with Jack. Each time, Jack backs off from the bully and uses his words and wit to get the bully to subside. After Tom killed the two men at his diner, the bully cracks a mean comment about Jack’s father and that was the final straw for Jack. Jack beat the bully up very badly. Up until this point in the movie, the audience would never have guessed that Jack
Later that day when he and his gang are robbing a home in the country side, his gang betrays him. The cops were arriving at the scene, and one of Alex’s droogies knocks him out. The cops then catch Alex, sending him to prison. In prison Alex tries his hardest to get better treatment. He tries to impress the priest by helping him with mass and discussing the Bible.
In Nepal when a Maoist supporter is found the standard scenario is the Nepali police barging into homes arresting the supporter so they can beat him/her severely for a few days and then let there family know that they were shot dead in an “encounter” with the police. In the case of fifteen year old Subhadra Sapkota, a dancer from Naubise was performing in Kathmandu to support Maoist rebels was gunned down by the police. Violence caused by the police affects Lucas 2 thousands every year world wide, and the fear of it never ending affects even more, even in countries like Nepal that people would never think of such an act being committed. Justice. Just what does this word mean?
Everything seems to be in Alex’s favor until his gang grows tired of his tyranny, and decides to trick him, landing him in prison after murdering a widowed cat lady. After serving a partial jail sentence, Alex is let out for what he comes to know as the “Ludovico Technique” which using nauseating drugs and overly violent films, conditions Alex against his violent nature. The novel, which was later adapted into a film by Stanley Kubrick, became a controversial subject of debate for many years, as several copycat crimes followed its release. According to fiction writer Joseph Aisenberg; “a woman was raped by assailants performing “Singing In the Rain”; boy gangs marauded around England dressed as the droogs; Arthur Bremmer, who shot George Wallace, reported in his diary having watched the movie and been inspired to get Wallace all through it” (Aisenberg, 3). The existence of violence in the novel is paralleled by an immersion of fine art and culture, but is severely limited due to the narration style of the story.
Sure, so what if Lush Life is meant to portray the life of a detective correctly, showing readers that detectives usually have to mess up, be frustrated, meet obstacles, be bored, and deal with injustice? People read books to escape reality, but Lush Life, instead, paints a portrait of reality and not leaving out any piece of crap involved. We already know that life sucks, the police sucks, and bad guys always get away so even if Price was trying to show that we don’t live in a perfect world and that televised and dramatized versions are ultimately inaccurate, he didn’t have to turn Eric Cash’s life upside down and have the justice system be portrayed as incompetent and unfair. However, Price did and it’s just darn unfair. Turning Eric Cash’s life upside down seemed like a fun past time for Price.
The new "good" Alex that is released unto the world is depressed, frustrated, and lonely, although no longer violent. A radical political group then exploits him as an example of the cruelty of the Government. This forces Alex to try and commit suicide, but Alex's attempt fails and the Government, who in the end comes out on top, nurses him back to health and his natural mental state. Alex, whose last name is not mentioned in the book, is a violent, aggressive teenager of fifteen, who is the leader of a four-person gang. He truly enjoys violence, reveling in the sight of blood or weapons.
The storyline dwells primarily on the radical changes Lester makes in order to escape the “Suburban prison”, which involve him smoking marijuana and pursuing his daughter’s friend, Angela. Similarly to LA confidential, the movie highlights the theme of illusion verses reality by showing the dysfunction between the members of a seemingly normal family. The image that was selected demonstrates this theme, by showing how reality is often concealed by the superficial nature of things. Another important theme found in American Beauty is the one of happiness. Everything about this movie including setting, lighting, costumes and props relies upon these themes.
In Chapter 2, when Alex reads from the manuscript in the cottage that he has broken into, he discovers that the man is writing a book called “A Clockwork Orange”. The writer of the manuscript, F. Alexander, argues that a person is a living, developing being, a “creature of growth and capable of sweetness, like an orange”. An attempt to control and direct the behaviour of such a being is ethically wrong because it reduces the person to the level of a machine; hence the image of a clockwork orange. We find out later that F. Alexander has a political agenda of his own, but the point he is making here remains valid. Burgess then shows the consequences of treating a person like a machine, as Alex gradually loses his free will and is turned into a clockwork orange.
In the novel, the boys are at an age where they are unaware of how things are to be run in a community, so this causes split parties. Golden uses the ideas of civilization and Savagery to describe innate evil in human nature. Though it may be obvious that order is superior over chaos for a society to be successful. 4B. 1. Who: Ralph and Jack 2.