Who should read A clockwork orange and who should not

The ones who should read A clockwork orange first has to have the patience with the language and maybe the the fascination of languages and a will to understand it. The language in the novel is called "nadsat" and is a mixed up combination of brittish slang, "nadsat"/russian and a children-like language. Examples of this: "Babooshka,-old lady/grandma and ptitsa-young woman" These are russian words. "Eggiweggs-eggs, skolliwoll-school, appy polly loggies-apologies" These are the child-like versions of the words. In some way you learn what all these words means by reading them in a whole sentence time after time but sometimes it can be very hard for you to guess your way out of it. So I strongly recommend this novel to someone that is interested in languages and has the patience of learning. It wouldn't hurt to fancy the dark side of the world in some way or at least not having any trouble with reading about harsch violence and melancholy scenes. This novel is a dystopia. The plot is taking place in the future where criminality has developed into something far more horrible than we could have imagined and it is told by a psychopatic teenager who loves to torture, rob and rape. This novel is not for the sensitive ones that usually read about lovestories and drama and that can't stand some violence.

Also you should be interested in psychology and philosofy. You should want to understand the psychopath Alex the maincharacter and take it from his point of view. And when he's taking part of the experiment "the ludovico treatment", to get out of jail it is a lot of psychology to catch up with. So if you don't understand psychology and thinks it's boring, then this novel is not for you. As the same as the philosofy. This novel brings up a lot of hard questions like: "What makes a man good?" , "How far can you go to keep the society safe?" and "Do we have the right to mix with others brains even if he's a criminal?" If you find these things hard to recognize while watching the movie for example, then you shouldn't read the novel. I you find these way of reasoning boring or difficult then this novel isn't for you.

By Emelie S