Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange

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Alex DeLarge is the ultraviolent, charismatic teenage delinquent and narrator of Anthony Burgess’s dystopian story A Clockwork Orange, best known from Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation.

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instanceOf fictional character
film character
literary character
age teenager
appearsIn A Clockwork Orange (1971 film) NERFINISHED
A Clockwork Orange (film) NERFINISHED
A Clockwork Orange (novel) NERFINISHED
arrestedFor murder
associatedWith droogs NERFINISHED
commits assault
murder
rape
robbery
creator Anthony Burgess NERFINISHED
enemyOf Billyboy NERFINISHED
Dim
Georgie NERFINISHED
favoriteComposer Ludwig van Beethoven NERFINISHED
favoriteMusic Ludwig van Beethoven NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse A Clockwork Orange universe NERFINISHED
firstAppearance A Clockwork Orange (1962 novel) NERFINISHED
gender male
knownFor charisma
love of classical music
ultraviolence
language Nadsat NERFINISHED
leads a gang of droogs
nationality British
occupation gang leader
personalityTrait charismatic
intelligent
manipulative
rebellious
sadistic
portrayedBy Malcolm McDowell NERFINISHED
role antihero
narrator
protagonist
sentencedTo prison
setting dystopian future Britain
subjectOf behavioral conditioning
symbolizes free will
moral ambiguity
youth violence
undergoes Ludovico Technique NERFINISHED
victimOf state oppression
wears bowler hat
codpiece
false eyelash on one eye
white overalls

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Malcolm McDowell notableRole Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange