Connections

media type="youtube" key="wxldex9znOY" height="344" width="425" One individual opts for a path of freedom while the other leads a totalitarian state.

media type="youtube" key="Z4rBDUJTnNU" height="344" width="425" The connections between //1984// and //A Clockwork Orange// are many and varied. The totalitarian government created by George Orwell parallels the world in which Alex lives, and the torture/learning scenes in Room 101 are eerily similar to Alex's infamous Reclamation Treatment.

media type="file" key="08 Not the Same.m4a""Not the Same" by Ben Folds While the song's context certainly differs from that of the novel, the repeated line of "you were not the same after that" captures the focus of the book: the behavioral change forced upon Alex by the Government. The melancholy texture also suits the seemingly wretched life that Alex is incarcerated within after he undergoes Reclamation Treatment.