Use of Language in A Clockwork Orange

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English

 

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Dwayne P

 

Date added:

June 15, 2013

 

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University

 

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A

 

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Burgess effectively broke arcane traditions when he wrote A Clockwork Orange by blending two forms of effective speech into the vocabulary of the narrator and protagonist, Alex. Burgess, through his character Alex, uses the common or "proper" method of vernacular in certain situations, while uses his own inventive slang-language called "Nadsat" for others...
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Many experts believe that the use of these two types of language and the switching from one to another indicates a social commentary that Burgess is attempting to convey. Burgess also uses the device of the pseudo, or surrogate, family to reflect on Alex's deep rooted desire to have some place where he can feel safe and whole...
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