A Clockwork Orange Journal Entry #3

5 comments

1.) Alex is forced to watch gruesome images during Ludovico's Technique.
2.) Alex has little contraptions that keep his eye open.
3.) Alex is strapped down to the chair.
4.) Alex has to watch people get raped.
5.) Alex has to watch people get beaten up.

4 questions

1.) What is the purpose of watching gruesome things?
2.) Will this really help Alex's reformation?
3.) What will Alex have to watch next?
4.) When will this end?

3 vocabulary words

1.) Slooshy - to hear Pg. 134
2.) Pischcha - food Pg. 134
3.) Appendicitis - Appendix Pg. 134

2 literary techniques

1.) "What's your little nasty game in there?" This is man vs. man conflict because Alex is having conflict with another man. Pg. 134
2.) "Using Ludwig like that." This is characterization because it shows how Alex finds Ludwig to be sinful. Pg. 128

1 summarizing sentence

1.) Alex is forced to watch disturbing films in order to help him become cured.