Done with A Clockwork Orange

Class please be seated, no running in the hall, put your cell phone away. These are just some thoughts that have been brewing my head the last week. One may ask why I have been thinking this, and that’s a good question. While I have been writing a Unit Lesson plan on Clockwork Orange. If I do say myself, I thought of some good projects and some challenging questions. Is teaching in my future…who knows but maybe? I guess I could see myself yelling at kids, or joking around maybe even making one cry. I would feel a lot of power when kids would look up at my 6’3 muscular frame and call me Mr. Herzon. It has a nice ring to it. Getting back to the project I did, I was able to come up with 10 different things to put into my Unit Plan. It was a very interesting project, it made you think a lot about how students would react or be able to learn from what your teaching. I highly recommend doing this project though. It was fun coming up with essays and projects to make other people do instead of being the person that has to do it all the time. The novel I thought it was pretty good. I was surprised how the book ended, but I wont ruin it for those who have not read the book yet. The book will take you through a crazy world of Nadsat Writing, drinks with drugs in it and violence everywhere. Its definitely an entertaining yet extremely weird and kind of scary. I found the book hard to follow at times because of the weird language but you will get use to it. As you get more into the novel the more the language makes sense as if you are party of the story. I recommend you read this book even though it’s a pretty messed up novel. If I had to guess Anthony Burgess wasn’t the most stable person. I found a great article on the book. I suggest you read this before you read the novel so you can learn some extra stuff. It talks about some of the weird language, it talks about a reoccurring theme in the novel which is good vs. evil and it gives some background on Burgess. In my last post I mentioned how the book is like 1984. In parts two and three there were some similarities. Alex was tortured and forced to give into the government and do what they want. This is like when Winston was tortured until he would give into the government and betrayed Julia. Alex in the end was eventually given back his abilities to do what he wants unlike Winston who was forced to live the rest of his life like a zombie. The end disappointed me a little but it doesn’t mean it will disappoint you. So now that you know what I think go out there and read Clockwork Orange. And do be afraid to check out Marini’s blog kid knows a word or two about Clockwork Orange. Believe dat!!!