Published in 1962, "A Clockwork Orange" is a dystopian novel set in a future England. The story revolves around Alex, a 15-year-old gang leader who narrates his experiences in a unique blend of teenage slang, Russian, and English.

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The core of the novel is not violence, but free will . Burgess argues that it is better for a man to be "bad" by choice than to be "good" through scientific conditioning (like the Ludovico Technique).