A Clockwork Orange Journal Entry #5

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1.) Alex is still part of another gang. Once again, he is the leader.
2.) Peter, a former droog, is married, and Alex is surprised by this.
3.) Alex is beginning to grow weary of the ultraviolence.
4.) Alex fears having a son because he believes he son will end up like him.
5.) Alex is finally maturing.

4 questions

1.) Why didn't American publishers publish Burgess' 21st chapter?
2.) What is so controversal about it?
3.) Why didn't Kubrick put the 21st chapter in his movie?
4.) Will Alex live a life of peace now?

3 vocabulary words

1.) Bog - God Pg. 212
2.) Gazetta - Gazette Pg. 203
3.) Bratchnies - Brother Pg. 212

2 literary techniques

1.) "Tomorrow is all like sweet flowers and the turning vonny earth and the stars and the old Luna up there and your old droog Alex all on his oddy knocky seeking like a mate." This is a simile because Alex uses "like" to explain the future. Pg. 212
2.) "And all that cal." This is the denoument because it sums up the story. Pg. 212

1 summarizing sentence

1.) Anthony Burgess' 21st chapter focuses on how Alex has become a changed man, and is beginning to grow weary of the life he used to live.