An Analysis of the Metaphors of the Times in Anthony Burgess's Novel A Clockwork Orange
In the novel A Clockwork Orange,British author Anthony Burgess fictionalizes a utopian delusion of using science and technology to eliminate the evil of the protagonist Alex's human nature in a power society,exploring topics such as good and evil,freedom and equality,public power and the individual,humanistic society and science and technology,rationality and sensibility,order and chaos,in order to allude to the real society.The contrasting elements in A Clockwork Orange constitute metaphors of the times,which exist in people's lives in a contradictory and unified form in modern society.These unsolved questions make this novel full of philosophical charm.
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