A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange was originally a book written by Anthony Burgess, but adapted later on by Stanley Kubrick. A lot of people have criticized this productions because of their violent nature and multiple graphic scenes that are not intended for an immature crowd.

There are various critiques that all about the matter,but in this essay I will only compare A Clockwork Orange and its Discontents and Pulping A Clockwork Orange; The Visual Adaptation of the Novel as a Violent Form of Interpretation. 

As I said before, there can be found a lot of different essays about the movie and the book, but this essays talk about themes that no other has talked about. In Pulping A Clockwork Orange the main theme  is the music that can be found throughout the film and its repercussions. 

The author of this essays suggests that the reason of the negative impact that the movie had in the people is highly related to the music and the way that the film director decided to use it. As we all know, the main character loves classical music, but he is also represented by the violent acts that he commits frequently. In every harsh scene, or at least in the majority of them the background music belongs to Ludwing´s creations and other famous artists.

This combination makes it for the viewers impossible to ignore what is happening in the screen and in their minds, making this film very difficult to watch.

In the other hand, we get a comparison of the film and the book. It is not hard to notice that this two get a different attention from the people. In this essay we found a possible reason for this to happen; in the book there is nadsat, a language specifically created by Burgess. This is a very important factor that creates a barrier between the harshness of the reality of the book and the readers. 

Desafortunately this does not have the same effect in the film. The graphic scenes are way over the language used in them.

Like this, we can find a lot of comparisons in his essay. Even when both of them talk about the same topic theme, the focus that they have are completely different, and that makes us a more extense analysis that makes me think that Kubrick´s adaptation and Burgess ´ writings will be forever remembered by everyone.