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Definition of Mood
The mood of a piece of writing is its general atmosphere or emotional complexion—in short, the array of feelings the work evokes in the reader. Every aspect of a piece of writing... read full definition
The mood of a piece of writing is its general atmosphere or emotional complexion—in short, the array of feelings the work evokes in the reader. Every aspect... read full definition
The mood of a piece of writing is its general atmosphere or emotional complexion—in short, the array of feelings the work evokes... read full definition
Part 2, Chapter 5
Explanation and Analysis:
The reader may initially be appalled by Alex's behavior; he regularly attacks and rapes innocent people and seems to have no remorse for his actions. The mood of the novel's first few chapters may even be one of shock and confusion at the chaotic environment readers are thrown into.
Later, though, the mood becomes darker, as Alex is punished in a variety of ways for his actions; being so close to his perspective, the reader cannot help but feel frustrated at the way he is used as a pawn for the state, tortured and manipulated for weeks.
He details his plight at the end of Part 2, Chapter 5:
Then I was dratsing my way back to being awake all through my own krovvy, pints and quarts and gallons of it, and then I found myself in my bed in this room. I wanted to be sick, so I got out of the bed all trembly so as to go off down the corridor to the old vaysay. But, behold, brothers, the door was locked.
As Alex is put under traumatizing treatment and thrown into flashing camera lights, the mood becomes quite cynical, as the reader recognizes that his treatment was only a ploy for government support.
However, the last chapter, Part 3, Chapter 7, which publishers initially left out of the novel, allows for a mood shift when Alex decides to turn his life around by resisting the easy pleasures of drugs and violence.
But where I itty now, O my brothers, is all on my oddy knocky, where you cannot go. 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.
Optimistic about starting a family of his own, Alex finds a renewed beauty in the world around him. In this last chapter, Burgess frees him from the cycles of his youth and gives him a tangible future.
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Part 3, Chapter 7
Explanation and Analysis:
The reader may initially be appalled by Alex's behavior; he regularly attacks and rapes innocent people and seems to have no remorse for his actions. The mood of the novel's first few chapters may even be one of shock and confusion at the chaotic environment readers are thrown into.
Later, though, the mood becomes darker, as Alex is punished in a variety of ways for his actions; being so close to his perspective, the reader cannot help but feel frustrated at the way he is used as a pawn for the state, tortured and manipulated for weeks.
He details his plight at the end of Part 2, Chapter 5:
Then I was dratsing my way back to being awake all through my own krovvy, pints and quarts and gallons of it, and then I found myself in my bed in this room. I wanted to be sick, so I got out of the bed all trembly so as to go off down the corridor to the old vaysay. But, behold, brothers, the door was locked.
As Alex is put under traumatizing treatment and thrown into flashing camera lights, the mood becomes quite cynical, as the reader recognizes that his treatment was only a ploy for government support.
However, the last chapter, Part 3, Chapter 7, which publishers initially left out of the novel, allows for a mood shift when Alex decides to turn his life around by resisting the easy pleasures of drugs and violence.
But where I itty now, O my brothers, is all on my oddy knocky, where you cannot go. 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.
Optimistic about starting a family of his own, Alex finds a renewed beauty in the world around him. In this last chapter, Burgess frees him from the cycles of his youth and gives him a tangible future.
Related Themes:
