A Clockwork Orange 2

In the following text,  I will compare two articles  "A Clockwork Orange and Its Discontents " and "Pulping A Clockwork Orange"

In the first article, the author makes reference to Stanley Kubrick's film based on A Clockwork Orange which was hardly criticized  for all the violence and sexual scenes that this one had and the exaggerated employment of classical music.

The music in the movie should be able to make the scenes softer than what they are, like an imaginary wall that the music builds in order to shorten the moral impact that the people can  have, but, according to the essay the music in the movie just causes scenes that are unpleasant to watch. like Alex, when he hits Mr. Alexander and undresses  Mr. Alexander's  wife while he sings "Singing in the rain" here, the strange pleasure that Alex has for committing crimes makes the scene uncomfortable for the viewer

The second article highlights the failure of the book blaming Burgess for destroying  the English language but, congratulating Kubrick's movie for making the film more interesting than the movie. In this article, the author says that the restored ending in the movie ( showing Alex as a guy who is needed for choice) as a result of not taken into account the last chapter was the reason for the success of this movie ; while Burgess book looks more like a cliché with a happy ending, where Alex reaches his maturity and leaves behind his "ultraviolence acts" gaining the anger of the readers who dislike the idea of a Good Alex.

This article also discusses Kubrick's technique for making the viewers be aware of Alex's situation at "Ludovico Technique" to realize that Alex was no longer free and turn out to be a muppet. This in order to represent the lack of free will.

Both articles mention that the movie differs with the book in the way that these ones are shown, the book has NADSAT which is a way to not having a catharsis every time that Alex rape girls or hit old men at some point this is a distraction because you are not fully aware of this actions instead as a reader you are trying to figure out the meaning of the words, but what happened when is a movie? well, there is nothing that can distract you everything is so graphic that makes you feel uncomfortable , the reason why the director has been criticized for this film but awarded for the incredible ending.