Passage 3

Passage: "You never really saw many of the older bourgeois type out after nightfall those days, what with the shortage of police and we fine young malchickiwicks about, and this prof type chelloveck was the only one walking in the whole of the street. So we goolied up to him, very polite, and I said: 'Pardon me, brother.' "

I love this passage. It completely explains the reasons to why they continue such an ugly lifestyle; its because they won't get caught. Most children without set guidelines, will test how far they can go, to any extreme. It also uses imagery through an idea that the night becomes a metaphor for the danger and freewill of these teenagers to do whatever they please. I love the diction, where Alex isolates himself from the rest of society, for he uses "malchickiwicks" to describe them, and "chellovecks" to describe the other half of society. Notice the word "malchickiwicks," the connotation for such a word leads to an assumption of character of great looks, personality, etc. In reality these boys are dirtbags. Alex uses irony to cast a pompous air to the gang, for the conceited tone truly shines through when he classifies himself as polite. Soon after, he beats this poor guy.