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How Does Anthony Burgess Shows The Oncoming Issues Of An Advanced Age?

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The novel, A Clockwork Orange, written by Anthony Burgess, satirically addresses the oncoming issues of an advanced age. He confronts the idea that one cannot change, but rather can lose the ability to make moral and ethical decisions. But in essence, the subject will remain as he was before, sincerely scathed. Alex, the narrator and protagonist of the story, is a 15-year-old gang member, who assaults, rapes, and murders innocent citizens for his own pleasure. His three other gang members, Dim, Pete, and Georgie, are lead and enticed by Alex. But after some disagreements and violent confrontations between them, Alex is left wounded for the police by his supposed friends. Alex is a very twisted character that enjoys the troubles he erupts. After

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