Entry 2

"And so I led my three droogs out to my doom." (61).

Lots of things have happened from where i last left off; in chapter four I got to find out more about Alex's world. I was surprised to find out that it parallels our world very much - skipping school, it not being safe to go out at night, tired parents, and record stores. At the record store, Alex finds to younger girls to commit ultraviolence on, but I've long since come to terms with what kind of person Alex is, so i find it "normal" (in the book's context, anyway). The thing that i found most interesting is the quote above, spoken just before Alex and his droogs are off to rob a rich old lady's house. Although I'm in the middle of reading about how this burglary went about, it's clear that this is a strong dose of foreshadowing. This foreshadowing evokes two feelings within me: an eagerness to find out what happens, but at the same time the feeling of wanting to stop reading - for I know Alex is going to get into deep trouble now.

Page I left off on: 67
Burgess, Anthony. A Clockwork Orange. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1962