Martin McDonagh presents a brutal description of violence in his play ‘The
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“In secularizing these views of man, we tend to forget about sin and concentrate on what is good for society and what is not” . In ‘A Clockwork Orange’ Anthony Burgess presents the reader with the twisted and dysfunctional society that Alex and his three ‘droogs’ live in. This is epitomized in the Korova Milkbar. Alex narrates the Korova Milkbar to be the place where teenagers go to get ‘milk plus something else’, which is always being ‘prodding some new veshches’ to give Alex and his droogs a ‘nice quiet Horrorshow’. This instant introduction to the Nadsat leaves the reader feeling confused and alienated, which immediately isolates the teenagers from the readers and other characters in the book. The Nadsat and the Korova Milkbar combine to present a very twisted dystopian version of society where having drugs in Milk is common. Moreover the Korova Milkbar conveys the ability of this twisted society to corrupt the innocent and pure as the ‘mothers milk’ which is a symbol of purity, innocence and youth has been contaminated by the drugs that have infested it. Furthermore Alex’s reference to getting ‘introduced to old Bog’, as a way of describing what happens when the drugs in the milk take effect show the way in which the society has bastardised the Christian religion. Using God to describe a drug experience clearly demonstrates to the reader Alex’s and the society’s ability to neglect the Christian religion, potentially creating a link to the rejection of all religious and moral principals. Creating a society of