A Clockwork Orange- Reading Skills

The first book I am reading this year is A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. So far, I am only 24 pages into the book. The book is about a boy named Alex and his group of droogs, or criminals. The droogs 'take over' the town at night. This book takes place in a futuristic world, and is supposedly Anthony Burgess' vision of the future. Do you think Anthony Burgess actually thought society would be like this in the future? It's weird to think that people have so many different visions of the future. It seems like Alex's group has a 'rival' group of droogs, led by another boy who they call 'Billyboy.' I predict Alex's group will get in some sort of conflict with this group, like maybe one group turns in the other group to the police. Even if Billyboy's droogs don't turn them in, I think the police will somehow get involved with Alex and his group. I also predict a conflict will arise within Alex's group of droogs, like maybe them wanting to kick him out, even though he's the leader of the group. The language and slang used in this book was a little hard to understand at first, but I am starting to get used to it. I wonder where this slang comes from, if these words were actually used when the book was written or if the author made them up. I like reading it because it makes it seem like you actually are in a different world or time period since it's not common language that we use today. Alex's group and Billygoat's group got into a fight, and it reminded me of the rumble in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton, because they were all beating each other up and fighting. Alex is very smart and can think of all these plans for what they are going to do at night and what crimes they will commit, and it reminds me of things you see in the news about how criminals have these huge crimes that they spend months planning. So far, this book seems good. I had it recommended it to me by a friend, so I have high expectations for it and I am excited to read it!