A Clockwork Orange, something you may not have known
 

I found this out recently because I had to read the book for an assignment. In the UK version there is an extra chapter, and for some reason the American book companies didn't want that chapter and neither did Kubric when he made the movie. Either way, in the end he Spoiler: realizes that violence, and destruction, is a part of youth and immaturity. He wants to make something better of his life and he is reformed because of his experience. He realizes that its time to become A Clockwork Orange and help the world push forward by acting accordingly. So the end there is redemption, even though in the movie it looks like he will go back to his old ways.

I think thats most of it and I'm sure someone will jump at the chance to correct any mistakes so I hope someone learns something from this.

p.s. Sorry if someone has already posted this, but you know why I did.

if i remeber correctly the reason the american version didnt have the extra chapter is because burgess(sp) didnt want it, it was placed in the uk vers to try to please the censors over there

That's an odd real-ending. It turns the point of the movie all the way around -- so the method the scientists used really worked? That just seems pointless to me!

-Lasereth

The book and the movie are way up there on my favorite lists and i've always prefered the ending of the movie for some reason. Either way though, they are both completely excellent.

Good film but a little over my head.
Makes me feel all twisted up inside. ;)

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This is taken from a Stanley Kubrick FAQ site:

Link: http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/faq/index2.html#slot21

Yeah, it just goes against the flow of the whole movie. It totally contradicts the brilliant last line of the movie... "I was cured all right."

I never got the impression he would go back to his old ways. /shrug

I'm just getting white bars where the spoiler should be. Can someone post a link?

Click and drag over the white space to select the text, and the words will magically appear. It's 'spoiler' text, so it gives you the option to see it when you want. (Or, hit Ctrl-A to Select All.)

the point of the extra chapter is this.

Spoiler: It shows how the actions of Alex and his droogs were a natural part of their youth, and how eventually, he grows up and carries on a normal life like his parents. You also later find out that one of his friends didn't disappear, he just happened to grow up before all the others. It is a parallel of normal life, but shown in an extreme manner. Lots of teens today, and all throughout history, have enjoyed sex, violence, drugs and alcohol, but for the most part, they eventually grow out of it, start accepting responsibility, and settle down.

For future reference, the "white over the text thing" is actually a tag that you can use. What you do is type [ spoiler] Your message here. [/ spoiler] (but don't use the spaces in the tags.) Spoiler: Now you know how to use the spoiler tag, the end.

It's been a while since I read it, but in defence of the book ending the scientists' method failed just as it did in the movie. After they failed, he then eventually reformed because of his own free will and simple developing maturity, not through being brainwashed.

Yeah, I'm talking about the movie, not the book. Kubrick said that he didn't think the last chapter in the second issuing of the book made sense to the overall feel of the movie:



-Lasereth

I read the book with the 21st chapter added so I was already privy to this knowledge.

the last chapter was edited out of some american versions because they had to pay more for paper once the book went over a set amount of pages, e.g. 150, so the last chapter was cut to make the book cheaper to produce
also I don't think kubrik realised at the time that he was working from an abriged text.