This week as you read keep in mind how we see our characters remove their rose colored glasses. What do I mean by this? Often times we go through life thinking that the way we live is the truest and clearest perspective possible. Sometimes, we do not see the evil that exists in the world or we do not see the world from outside our small glimpse.
Think about how in the Harry Potter series Professor Snape was perceived. Throughout the entire collection, unless you read very closely, you see him as a villain. He is seen as evil. This is our innocence in this world. We are unable to see the world for what it is. At some point, the curtain is pulled back and we are able to see the entire picture. When that happens, we see that Snape was really looking out Harry and only had his best interests for him as a result of his love for Harry's mother.
The same would hold true for those who did not believe that He Who Must Not Be Names was still alive. They only saw the world in a certain light.
For this week's post, look at how a character in your book gains an element of experience in the book. They move from being innocent to seeing the world more clearly;they gain experience. Provide the context for how this happens and then write about the result of this happening.
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In the Novel, A Clockwork Orange, there is a lot of evil shown: violence, rape, destruction, etc. The main character, Alex, is a prime example of a character who shows a lot of evil, but in the end sees the bigger picture in life. In the most of the novel, Alex rapes women, vandalizes, and destructs. For example, when he broke into a married couples home and raped the wife. Later on, he realizes that the nice man that took him in, F. Alexander, is the widow of the women whom Alex raped and killed. Alexander then finds out and gets revenge on Alex. Another example is when Alex and his posse break into an old woman's home, and harms her. After spending two years in jail, Alex sees his old posse in new lighting. One is married with kids and another is a police man. Alex begins to think long and hard about his life after he sees his old friends clean. When he realized that after all the violence and bad things they have done, that he can change like they did, he wanted to do that, too. He wants a wife and a family. Alex, the main character of A Clockwork Orange, sees the world in a clear way in the novel.
In the novel 1984, the character follows the rules his entire being, even though he really doesn't know how long that is. However, he saw a diary that was very intriguing to him, which made him buy it. The moment where a character loses innocence is where he begins to write in the novel for the first time. He knows he is suppose to be paying attention to someone else and he still cannot find the motivation to do the right thing. He also knows that having a diary might be pointless and against was the "Thought Police" want but he doesn't really care.
In A Clockwork Orange, evil takes place everywhere, but is unseen by all of society. One of the main characters, Alex shows and by his actions, it is explained how he came to a loss of innocence. He was a terrible person. He was involved in a gang and would rape and harm people to leave them scarred for life. Throughout the story he gets an insight to life from experiencing others change, and realized he could change, too. Alex had a loss of innocence when he actually wanted to change, and realized the dedication needed to make that change.
The book A Clockwork Orange is all sorts of evil. Alex and his Droogs are the main characters and they all live for the thrill of being evil. They all act in very terrible ways with Alex as the leader. Alex and his crew have the same late night routine of getting drunk and high and then doing something like along the lines of rape, beating up random helpless townspeople and running things over on the way to each new dark alley or cottage to break into. Alex knows that the things they do are bad and that it needs to be fixed he has lost all control and innocence and must find a way to gain it back.
In the novel A Clockwork Orange there is a bunch of evil throughout the book. The main character, Alex shows evil by his actions. He shows evil by breaking into a married couples home and raped the wife, beating up homeless men while he is drunk and breaking into a cottage. After seeing his old friend clean from drugs and alcohol Alex decided he wanted to change himself as well and settle down with a family and a wife and eventually changes into the person he wants to be, someone he is proud to be.
In the book A Clockwork Orange, the main character Alex, as well as his accompanies, all experience a dark evil. As every human does, they start off as young children and inexperienced. As Alex has grown over time, he sees rape and violence and is even apart of it himself. He takes part in breaking into homes and causing damage to others. Alex is a raging alcoholic and to make matters worse, he is the leader of a group. Later on in the story he meets an old friend that got help from being addicted to drugs and alcohol. Seeing his friend in such good shape, Alex wants a drastic change like this in his life.
All 3 of Alex's droogs, Georgie, Dim and Pete, gain experience. They are able to see that the dictatorship run by Alex is not fair. They see the world more clearly once Alex hits Dim in the mouth and makes him bleed. The group realizes that it should be run as more of a democracy. With this experience they are able to confront Alex, "No offence, Alex, but we wanted to have things more democratic like" (pg. 56). Alex is taken back by this because he is so used to being their leader and he expects that they will follow him blindly. Alex gains respect for them after this but he tries to reassert his dominance.
In the Novel 1984, we start to see Winston's character gaining experience. From the beginning of the book it talks about how he follows all of the rules that their society makes them do. Winston comes across a diary one day and he decides that he wants to get it. After he gets this he begins to write down all of the thoughts that he has. This is where we see his character begin to lose innocence. Winston knows the difference between right and wrong but he chooses to go against the governments rules. He knows that once he starts writing down his thoughts that the " Thought Police" may come after him. Even though this may be true he does not seem to let it bother him. It seems as if Winston is different than the others in the society and has unique characteristics. Now we as the readers wait and see what other experience Winston will learn throughout the story.
In the book A ClockWork Orange it is all sorts of evil, in the book Alex and his friends are apart of violence, rape, and many more horrible things. In the book Alex’s friends want to have equal power and not have Alex leading them in everything they do, Alex becomes upset about this because he’s always wanted to be the one in charge. Alex ends up hitting one of his friends, but then Alex has a window that opens for him to wear he begins to respect his friends, but he still tries to have the power.
In the book 1984 we see growth from the character Winston when he purchases his diary. He buys this diary from a store and begins to write about his thoughts and feelings in the diary. It is not allowed to do this in their society but he does not care. When he buys the diary and begins to write, it makes him start to grow. He grows from a person that does every single thing his government says to become more independent. He not only begins to write but he begins to ask questions. He becomes more curious about his past and the past of his government. This causes Winston to grow into a new person and his thoughts become more independent.
In the novel 1984, Winston Smith slowly learns more about the government and the world he lives in. Starting at the very beginning of the book, Smith writes in his journal about the government. The reader knows that he is very aware that Big Brother is always watching and he has a sense of rebellious thoughts towards the government. Through that evidence, it is clear that Smith knows more than the average citizen; however, the reader does not know when Smith begins to remove is rose colored glasses. This may be mentioned later on in the book, but as of now the reader does not know how Smith realizes the government's choices and way of living. The result of this happening is now Winston Smith looks at people in a different way. He know has knowledge of things other people are not aware of, so it makes other citizens look naive to the situation around them. The reader knows Smith’s thoughts and what has believes to be corrupt with the government. Smith cannot remember his past, he has no memory of what happened even twenty four hours ago. It can then be assumed that every citizen has no memory. As the book continues, the reader will see Winston grow more in his knowledge for how the government is actually keeping power.
In a Clockwork Orange, Alex's "droogs" gain experience. At the beginning of the novel they follow Alex around as he leads the pack. They do as he says and there is no fight against it. At one point in the novel, the group starts to think a little differently. They approach Alex and tell them that was things to be "more democratic". Alex is then taken aback by this but tries to regain dominance over them. As the book continues, at the end of chapter 8, all of his friends rat him out, and is the reason Alex gets arrested after beating the old woman. His friends were sick of the way Alex was acting, and they wanted a say in their own lives.
In the book A Clockwork Orange Alex gains experience through his friends betrayal. He realizes that he can't trust the people closest to him as they tie him up outside the mansion. So in revenge he attempts to sell them out he only does more damage to himself. He also lost a lot of the innocence that remained in him when he accidentally murdered that old woman and feels guilty for his actions. This is demonstrated on page 81 as he thinks about the cats who were left behind now that their owner was dead.
In the book A Clockwork Orange, Alex and his droogs gain experience through their various "activities". This includes robbery as they make their way to a local store and rob them. They learn how to try and sway others like at the bar and make sure that they do not get in trouble for what they have done. It continues on with Alex being betrayed. His droogs realized that he feels like the leader of the group and basically try to knock him down to size. They let him get arrested by the police to show that they do not need him. Alex loses his "innocence" by being arrested. He is shown that his droogs will not always be there for him.
In the book 1984 Winston Smith lives in a dystopian world. The government feel as though they are doing what is best for the society but are not. They have no individuality and are constantly being watched. Telescreens are put everywhere, even in the bathrooms, to keep an eye on society. For example the book states "Winston kept his back turned to the telescreen. It was safer, though, as he well knew, even a back can be revealing" to represent how they had no privacy even though the people might have nothing to hid but are still being watched (pg 6). Winton begins to not like this way of living anymore. He becomes curious and writes in his diary his feelings and beliefs and important events that have happened. He is starting to go against the government by not believing what they are telling him like when their government was established. He begins to what The Party closely to see what is occurring. Winton becomes very knowledgable and starts to get to the point of overthrowing the government.
In the book a clockwork orange this are four freinds or main characters in the book that stand out. The mai. Character that stands out is Alex. Alex and his three freinds have no remorse for older people or anyone that is not in their friendship circle. They go around raping and beating up innocent people. Alex allways thought that he was the leader of the group and told them were to go. But after he hit dim he learned not to do that again because dim hits him and leaves him for the cops. This shows that Alex is learning and how far he has to come.
In the novel A Clockwork Orange, Alex is the leader of his gang, and leads the group when it comes to terrorizing elder and innocent people. This is significant because Alex and his friends are only in their teenage years, where regularly a 15 year old is usually seen as innocent. He does not feel remorse when he harms these innocent people. His friends are also sick of his need to rule the group, they would rather be seen as equal in Alex's eyes. Alex hits one of his own friends, which made them realize that alex was becoming too controlling, They want make a change from going from always following Alex's lead to eventually gaining their own independence and demanding a say in their own lives. Alex is shocked because he is used to his friends following his lead, Alex likes to feel dominant and in charge towards others.
In the book clockwork orange Alex and his gang are apart of many unspeakable acts. Including some drug use, violence and rape. Alex is the leader of the gang and he has a pretty dominant character. He is usually in charge of what him and his droogs do. it comes to the point where Alex hits one of his Friends. This makes him realize that he is too controlling.He likes be in controlling of the group or with what they do.
In the novel 1984, there are many strict rules and laws that the citizens have to follow, including doing morning workouts and participating in the community when not working. Our main character Winston follows these rules to a T most of his life, not sure why. He is just going along with the flow of things. But one day he sees a journal, which is not permitted, and buys it. He takes the risk of being caught and vaporized for writing down thoughts that are his own and not Big Brothers'. This is a major crime to the Thought Police, as individual thinking is not beneficial for the community. Through writing down his thoughts and perceptions on society, Winston opens his eyes to a life beyond those rose-colored glasses, and he stars to notice a lot of faults in the society.
In the novel, A Clockwork Orange, Alex is head of the droogs. His innocence turns to evil when he sees the world in a different light. He begins going against the justice system to commit many crimes. He states in the novel that the police force in the town is scarce, as he is beating the teacher up and ripping his book to shreds. Alex learns betrayal through experience. He learns that he can not trust his friends like he thought he could because of their actions as they tied him up. I see that in the world we live in today, People trust others and learn why they should not. That is what Alex learns throughout the story. The consequences of his actions and how he should change, through his experiences.
In the novel A Clockwork Orange there is a loss of innocence shown in the main character Alex. Alex is the leader of his group that goes around raping, beating and stealing from people. Him and his gang do this simply because they enjoy the thrill they get out of being bad. He wasn't always like this as a child but as he grew up he realized that he liked being violent. There are many instances throughout the book where he hurts innocent, helpless people. As a reader, you are meant to feel sorry for these people and wonder how a person can treat others in such a brutal way.
A Clockwork Orange is a brutal tale about a band of thugs lead by Alex, him and his droogs or friends form an auto-team which is known as slightly smaller than a gang. This auto-team goes around causing mayhem and chaos, robbing, raping and beating innocent people for the fun of it. They enjoy their time when they are not completely disregarding the law by getting drunk. An experience that will forever impact Alex is when his friends or so he thought decided teach him on betrayal. When going through another raid they don't follow through with the plan but instead knock him out and call the cops leaving him with no time to escape. Teaching him a valuable lesson on trust and changing his perspective of his friends.
Innocence is changed in 1984 when Winston buys the journal. Even though he doesn't know what to write, he still wants to write something down to experience the freedom of doing such. He continues to write which sparks his new thoughts of how the government shouldn't be tampering with the historical records and deleting people from history just to prove Big Brother is right. Innocence is lost in Winston first when he discovered the place in his flat where the telescreen could not see him which sparked a series of events to take away his innocence and obedience in a government that is actually not as good as it seemed.
In 1984 Winston's innocence and experience in the world that he lives in changes. In his journal he writes things hes seen and thoughts about the government. He likes that he has his own secretive freedom of writing down his thoughts when that was a strict law of the INGSOC government. He would hide the best he could from the telescreens in his house that were always watching him. The more and more that Winston wrote in his journal, the more he actually saw the world for what it was. I think that when we write things down on paper we tend to realize things. Especially for Winston because he can go back in his journal to what he currently writes and can see how everything adds up.
In the book 1984, the protagonist, Winston, is an average Joe. He follows all the rules and does not do anything to set him apart from everyone else. His change begins when he purchases a journal and begins to write down his thoughts and feelings on the world he lives in. Winston feels a certain freedom in being able to express himself in writing. His journal is only for his eyes and can not be spied on by Big Brother. He begins to see many flaws in the society he lives in and questions the order of things. His rose colored glasses were removed once he began questioning things and wondering why the system was the way it was.
In the novel, A Clockwork Orange, Alex is depicted to be the leader of his own group who he thought he could trust and call them his friends, though Alex soon finds out that they are no friends to him at all. He learns that he cannot trust his friends after they set him up in an attempt for an organized crime they had chosen to pursue. After his friends had planned his demise and fate, Alex learns who his true friends are. That being that he has no friends left.
Alex gains experience and knowledge in the book because his friends are two faced and back stab him and those are not true friends. They set him up for something they wanted to achieve. Alex finds out who is good to him and who is not. It all went downhill when he hit dim because dim go this revenge and left him to suffer until the cops arrived. At that moment he learned he was not the leader of the group.
‘“Oh, you particular gentlemen! Principles! You are worked by principles, as it were by springs: you won’t venture to turn round on your own account. If a man is a nice fellow, that’s the only principle I go upon. Zametov is a delightful person.’ [said Razumihin]
‘Though he does take bribes.” [said Zossimov]
‘Well, he does! and what of it? I don’t care if he does take bribes.’ Razumihin cried with unnatural irritability, ‘I don’t praise him for taking bribes. I only say he is a nice man in his own way! But if one looks at men in all ways--are there many good ones left? Why, I am sure I shouldn’t be worth a baked onion myself...perhaps with you thrown in.’
‘That’s too little; I’d give two for you.’”
"Let he who is perfect throw the first stone" said Jesus, for if we fault a man for sin we ourselves become hypocritical. We point out the spec in our brother's eye and remain unaware of the log in our own. Quick to point out anothers sins to shift the focus of ourselfs. how can a man who accepts bribes be good? It's as simple as a man who steals from the rich and gives to the poor can be good. Both are stealing yet society in this case Raz tries to say one is good and the other evil, but if the hypothetical man steals and gives the money away it's fine? why when the man in the book would have the same outcome not matter yet he is good in one and bad in the other. Say he takes bribes and keeps it, he is bad but in the end of the day he receives stolen money. say if this robin hood type figure stole money he is good, but in the end of the day people still end up receiving stolen money that doesnt belong to them so who is Raz to say which one is right and which one is wrong? As im sure he himself has done many sins in secret but he considers himself righteous through justifying his own actions but condemns another sinner for sining when they are one in the same.
Once Winston, the protagonist in 1984, starts writing in his journal his freethinking seems to go farther and farther. The more he writes the more he allows himself to change his views on the world around him and rebel agains big brother and the patriarchy system he is forced to live in. Winston starts to question the ideals and the workings of the government system, and has to become very careful of anybody finding out. Anyone in the world he lives in could turn him into the 'police' and he doesn't trust anybody. He knows that the act of writing in a journal is punishable by death, and does his best to hide it from other people and even the cameras and microphones in his own house.
In a Clockwork Orange Alex is the leader of his pack and they were called droogs. Alex gains experience in this book after he gets ratted out by his friends or so called friends. Alex told his pack what to do and they did it without hesitation. They beat people all the time and they got sick of it. So they set up Alex by having him beat an old lady and they turning him in to the police. So he learned that he can't trust the people he thought he could.
Alex used to think that the things he did were not truly evil. He thought that everything everyone else did was evil. He changes once he gets ratted out by his friends. After he gets captured, He undergoes a treatment to try and make him A better person. This treatment makes him see how the things he does is evil. It does not change his mental actions, but it changes his physical actions. He gains the experience of viewing horrible actions. This makes him realize he is not as innocent as he thought.
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