A Clockwork Orange

This book is very strange, the language mostly, although the plot is very unusual also, but the language is what stands out the most. Everything is spoken in an English type language but everything is slang so they are not real words, which makes this book very confusing at times. In the first chapter, there are a few strange things that the author does with repetition, for four pages the phrase “’What’s it going to be then, eh?’” is repeated after every paragraph, I don’t really understand why the author did this, while reading, it feels almost like a flash back, but I also think that maybe it is supposed to be Alex asking himself this question over and over, thinking about everything in his head. Then, suddenly the phrase stops and doesn’t show up again. Another thing that the author repeats are the ways in which he explains the words that are slang or even made up. It is strange because instead of just using another word he insists on putting it in the story, and they way that the word is described is very down to earth, as if the main character was having a conversation with the reader. I think this is done in contrast of the main character who is somewhat evil, and creepy, but he seems so simple with his tone.