John Anthony Burgess s A Clockwork Orange
A relatively unknown author at the beginning of his writing career, John Anthony Burgess Wilson,
better known under his pen name by just Anthony Burgess, would become a prominent author towards
the end of his life. Burgess has allowed many to scrutinize his novels, ranging from his three colonial
novels at the beginning of his writing career, Time for a Tiger, The Enemy in the Blanket, and Beds in
the East to his most well known novel, A Clockwork Orange (The International Anthony Burgess
Foundation). Burgess s dystopian classic continues to provoke deeper thinking, yet also startle those
today. Many believe that Burgess is a remarkable author due to his stunning portrayal of extreme
youth violence in his novel A Clockwork Orange. From a ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
A couple of years after his father remarried, Burgess would begin writing his earliest published poems
and short stories. Similar to many children today, Burgess despised his stepmother, declaring how she
subscribed to all the current bigotries. The relationship between father and son was not the ideal
relationship either, his father, to an extent, still blamed him for his mother s death. Burgess did not
only lose his mother, but he would lose his father as well, gaining a mostly absent drunk who called
himself a father (Burgess). Before Burgess could even speak, he lost his mother, and the affection of
his father.
Burgess was schooled at St. Edmund s Elementary School before moving to Bishop Bilsborrow
Memorial Elementary school, both Catholic schools in Moss Side. As a child, he be largely isolated
from others his age, due to being either persecuted because of his wealthier appearance, or ignored by
all (Burgess). As a result of Burgess s impressive grades, he would be given a place in Xaverian
College. This would be where he would stay to complete his School Certificate examinations. Burgess
s first published poems would appear in the school magazine, named The Manchester Xaverian, under
the name John Burgess Wilson. Although uninterested in music as a child, Burgess would find his
passion after listening to a flute solo in which he described as sinuous, exotic, and erotic. Music was
not taught at
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