The Modern Library 100 Best Novels Challenge discussion

The read for May 2012. I'm excited, I've wanted to read this book for quite some time.

I'm enjoying it so far. I'm curious to know if there's anyone reading this who hasn't seen the film adaptation.

I can't get the imagery of the film out of my head when I'm reading, and I find I'm sometimes disappointed and sometimes very glad.

I sometimes get confused between the word for breasts and the word for teeth... The language is very interesting. Not frustrating in the way I find Joyce to be.

I haven't seen the movie. I'll watch I after...

The more I read the more surprised I am as to how much the film kept to the book. There are a few details missing, and a few things that obviously wouldn't have passed certification if left as they are in the book.

I'm not really sure why Burgess didn't like the film version.

Stuart wrote: "The more I read the more surprised I am as to how much the film kept to the book. There are a few details missing, and a few things that obviously wouldn't have passed certification if left as they..."

Where did he say he did not like the film version? I am interested in that interview!

I am also surprised by how the words get in your head and your mind is able to adjust to the vision written by Burgess. The words seem to be a gateway to Alex's mind. Are the words that we use part of our civilization or maturation? Do the words we use shape us more than we imagine? How powerful are words?

Michel Foucault's Discipline and Punish the Birth of the Prison is a good companions to a Clock Work Orange. The book follows crime and punishment in the modern age. One thing worth quoting:"A body is docile that may be subjected, used, transformed, and improved."pg 136 Alex is reformed into a docile body.