My primary source is the 1971 classic, "A Clockwork Orange" which is extremely interesting and takes a political twist. It is about a young man who right away is up to very criminal acts, including assault, theft, and rape. The irony of the situation is that he lives with his mom. I believe that he is a metaphor for the American culture because soon he is put into prison after being turned on by his gang. He is then put under behaviorism psychology where he is conditioned against any villainous acts. It gets to the point where even thinking about sex literally causes him pain. He is put back out in the world. The interesting part is that the governor and government then pawn him off as a big success in modern research of controlling people.
My paper will primarily focus on the movies effect on red flagging a liberal and conservative view of such research mentioned before. The interesting part about this, is the movie glorifies the villain and makes you think for yourself. This movie also had a huge effect on censorship, as it gets pretty graphic, actually showing full frontal nudity. It was then nominated for best picture and changed all our minds on what a great picture could be. The audience itself could take the information and actually think about how they feel toward behaviorism and humanistic research. It is very controversial and hasn't been brought up much.
Interesting choice for a topic. I have not heard of "A Clockwork Orange" before. It rings a bell but I know nothing about it. Sounds like it was a pretty revolutionary movie for its time. Psychology has always fascinated me so I think your paper would be an interesting read. I wonder though, what are you going to compare the movie to and what is the other side of the argument? But like I said, you have a good topic. Writing ten pages should be easy for you.
ReplyDeleteI think a controversial source is actually a great way to go. Would definitely make it easier to write a paper about. I'm interested to see this movie now, just to see if i could think of any current day affects it could have had now. I'm wondering what kind of political approach you're talking about though. The whole "liberal conservative" approach might be a tad vague. But its better than just saying "politics" i suppose.
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