A Clockwork Orange (novel): Difference between revisions

* [[Neologism]]: Some of Alex's Nadsat [[Future Slang]] has trickled into common usage, most notably "horrorshow" and "ultraviolence." "Droog" is widely understood as well, though not very widely ''used''. An alternate name for the trope is [[Grokking the Horrorshow]] after all.

* [[The New Rock and Roll]]: Subverted. Music really does inspire Alex to commit horrible acts, but it's ''classical'' music that he listens to. He speaks of "Ludwig Van" as an icon. The trope is emphasized when Alex reads a newspaper article that suggests a keener interest in the arts might stop teenagers from committing crimes. He laughs at it.

* [[Oh Crap]]:

** After Alex's release from prison he has many, but a truly epic one for him is when he gets rescued from an attack by two coppers. Said coppers {{spoiler|are some of his old gang members.}} [[It Got Worse]].

** After being carried into the writer's home by the bodyguard, and explaining to him what had happened, the writer suddenly exclaimed "I know you!" But it's because he recognized Alex's picture in the papers that morning, rather then recognizing him as the rapist of his wife.

* [[Only One Name]]: Alex's last name is never given in the book.

* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]: "Ho, ho, ho! Well, if it isn't fat stinking billy goat Billy Boy in poison! How art thou, thou globby bottle of cheap, stinking chip oil? Come and get one in the yarbles, if ya have any yarbles, ya eunuch jelly thou!"

* [[Psychic Dreams for Everyone]]: Alex and his father dream events that eventually come true, albeit in a roundabout way in Alex's case.