Passage 7 (Due Saturday, January 10th)

Passage: "We waited panting, and we could slooshy the sirening millicents going east, so we knew we were all right now. But poor old Dim kept looking up at the stars and planets and the Luna with his rot wide open like a kid who'd never viddied any such thing before, and he said: 'What's on them, I wonder. What would be up there on things like that?' I nudged him hard, saying 'Come, gloppy bastard as thou art. Think thou not on them. There'll be life like down here most likely, with some getting knifed and others doing the knifing.'"

In A Clockwork Orange the darkness symbolizes the gang's crulity and destruction. They prowl around town raping and beating others in the dark. It seems as though such darkness is Alex's best friend; he is most comfortable in the dark. Dim is the stupiest member of the gang. He looks up at the light and wonders what another world might be like. Unlike Alex, Dim is not as comfortable in the dark and is a developing character that could probably be persuaded into joining the good side of town. Alex continues to reinforce his dictatorship as seen through such syntax, "I nudged him hard.." Although Alex's persuasion has kept Dim in the gang for now, this passage foreshadows Dim's longing to see what other type of life he may continue in the future.