Plan I. Introduction

THEME: ARTHUR MILLER


PLAN
I. INTRODUCTION
II. MAIN PART
1.1Early life
2Legacy
3 Repatriate years[edit]
III. CONCLUSION
IV. REFERENCES


I. INTRODUCTION

Anthony Burgess
Burgess in 1986
Born	John Burgess Wilson 25 February 1917 Harpurhey, Manchester, England
Died	22 November 1993 (aged 76) St John's Wood, London, England
Pen name	Anthony Burgess, John Burgess Wilson, Joseph Kell^[1]
Occupation	Novelist critic composer librettist playwright screenwriter essayist travel writer broadcaster translator linguist educationalist
Alma mater	Victoria University of Manchester (BA English Literature)
Period	1956–1993
Notable awards	Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, distinction of France Monégasque, Commandeur de Merite Culturel (Monaco), Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, honorary degrees from St Andrews, Birmingham and Manchester universities
Spouse	Llewela Isherwood Jones ​ ​ (m. 1942; died 1968)​ Liana Macellari ​ (m. 1968)​
Children	Paolo Andrea (1964–2002)

Anthony Burgess’s View That A Lack Of Free Choice Is Spiritually Condemning As Evident In A Clockwork Orange Essay, Research Paper
In all of my reading, I have come to the conclusion that Anthony Burgess is one of the greatest literary genius s of the twentieth century. His masterpiece, A Clockwork Orange, is unrivaled in obvious depth, insight, and innovation. The novel is a work of such quality, such perfection, that it seems to be genuinely written by a literary demigod.
The novel’s main theme deals with free choice and spiritual freedom. More specifically, “[The ethical promise that 'A man who cannot choose ceases to be man'] can be taken as both the explicit and implicit themes of the novel” (Morgan 104). Anthony Burgess expresses his view that no matter how “good” one’s actions are, unless one has free moral choice, he is spiritually damned.
The novel revolves around one criminally minded teen, Alex, whose world consists of rape, murder, and ruthless violence. Alex is eventually setup by his “droogs” (friends) and is arrested and jailed. After some time in jail, Alex is placed in a new rehabilitating program that uses electro-shock therapy, new medicines, and exposure to violent film. The program breaks all that Alex holds dear and builds him up with a new artificial conscience. This part of the novel “presents the reader with a new, reformed Alex, an Alex without free will or freedom of choice, an Alex who has become a victim”