"'No offence, Alex,' said Pete, 'but we wanted to have things more democratic like. Not like you like saying what to do and what not all the time. But no offence.' Georgie said: 'Offence is neither here nor elsewhere. It's a matter of who has ideas. What ideas had he had?' And he kept his very bold glazzies turned full on me. 'It's all the small stuff, malenky vesches like last night. We're growing up, brothers.'" -Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange pg. 56In this quote, I think that Georgie is calling Alex childish for always wanting the power and not letting anyone be in charge. This is shown when he says, "We're growing up, brothers." He is saying that they have to be more mature about the division of power. Also, Pete is saying that they should all have a say in their group when he says, "We wanted to have things more democratic like." They don't want Alex to be in charge because he is not a good leader, and they want some of the power too. After this, they all got in a fight and Alex ended up winning, so he is still the leader. I now predict that they will threaten his power again, but they will actually succeed in 'overthrowing' Alex.
Monday, September 30, 2013
Update On A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange is getting very interesting. My previous prediction that Alex's group of droogs would threaten his power was correct. Georgie, Pete, and Dim didn't like how Alex was always in charge and how they never had a say in things. I think this is shown when the author writes:
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this sounds like an interesting book. but what is alex in charge of.
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