I just finished reading A Clockwork Orange. It was one of those books that leaves you thinking, "Wow." The big moral issue in the story surrounds the idea of when a human ceases to be human being. A person that blindly does evil cannot be human. Yet, if good is imposed on someone, they become nothing more than a clockwork orange. That is, they are seemingly "alive" and "juicy", but they are nothing more than machines on the inside. It's the ability to choose between right and wrong that ultimately makes you human.
Also, I think Stanley Kubrick is a crazy man for having made that book into a movie. If I were Anthony Burgess, I'd be pissed at him, too. HAHA.
"How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home winemaking course, and I forgot how to drive?"
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nice,
ReplyDeletewe should so have a book club thing going on here...
ima finish reading Lolita. Talk about ethics, that book is cu-ray-zee too. lol
Book club! lolz
ReplyDeleteWow, that sounds...funky. I look forward to reading it though. Is that a Simpsons' quote because I don't have any idea what episode it's from