A Clockwork Orange Journal Entry #4

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1.) Alex has returned home.
2.) Alex is no longer welcome home.
3.) Alex was beaten up by two of his former droogs.
4.) Alex attempted to kill himself.
5.) Alex was not cured.


4 questions

1.) When will Alex learn?
2.) Why is Alex going back to his old ways?
3.) Will he cause more mischief?
4.) Will he gather new droogs?


3 vocabulary words


1.) Vecks - man,guy Pg. 192
2.) Horrorshow - good Pg. 192
3.) Govoreet - to talk Pg. 193


2 literary techniques


1.) "All who do me wrong, are my enemies." This is characterization to show that Alex finds those who deceive him, are enemies. Pg. 197
2.) "I was cured all right." This is dramatic irony because the reader knows Alex isn't cured. Pg. 199


1 summarizing sentence


1.) Alex is back home and has attempted to kill himself, but saved by the men who reformed him.