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A Clockwork Orange has been one of the most interesting novels i've read. After finishing the novel, i've realized the similarity A Clockwork Orange has with George Orwell's 1984. Both novels take place in dystopian dictatorships. In both novels there are clear distinctions with the government and the people. The citizens are denied their rights and freedoms. After such thinking, I searched on google thinking that there had to be some kind of criticism about this. In this article there a few points worthy of mentioning. Both protagonists are rehabilitated by the government. In 1984, Winston Smith eventually ends up loving the party and supporting Big Brother through means of torture. The government even turned Winston and Julia against each other. In A Clockwork Orange, Alex goes through similar brainwashing sessions along with torture to be the showcase of a new method of fixing people's behavior. The government plays a huge role in both novels. Big Brother and the Party oppresses their citizens but makes it so the citizens think they are being treated well. The government in A Clockwork Orange attempt to cover up their mistakes they did with Alex when he tried to commit suicide. After a while reading that article I wondered if societies like from the novels actually existed in reality.

Considering I need to do an A project I thought I would conduct research on communism and dictatorships and relate it to A Clockwork Orange. I skimmed through this website on the principles of communism. Communism is mainly credited to Karl Marx who is shown in the picture to the right. Communism is an economic system that is usually closely knit with dictatorship where the government controls the capital, unlike a capitalist society like we have in the United States. A doctor would make as much as a landscaper in a communist society. The reason why I think these types of systems of government relates to A Clockwork Orange is because if they were to brainwash or torture their own citizens I wouldn't be surprised. The citizens of North Korea are already being oppressed by Kim Jong-il. Being South Korean there are so many stories in Korean newspapers how the citizens of North Korea suffer. Many of them are famished and live in extreme poverty areas. If you guys are interested what goes on and how you can help there's an organization called L.I.N.K which stands for Liberty in North Korea. Here's the organizations website.