THE IMPACT OF ANGRY YOUNG MEN ON LUCKY JIM, LOOK BACK IN ANGER AND A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

Abstract

Anthony Burgess’s text A Clockwork Orange, John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger and Amis’s Lucky Jim are all works focused on the influence of The Angry Young Man movement. A Clockwork Orange is more of a satirical reference to an epoch when desire regarding social conformity and modern scientific discussions were recognized as a way of regulating dissenting youth. Puberty, anguish and aggressive revolt that comprises the very core of the protagonist of Burgess's novel, Alex. Amis’s Jim Dixon and Osborne’s Jimmy Porter are ascribed to the British "Angry Young Man" movement which was widespread during the nineteen fifties and was amply demonstrated by their literary "voice" performing in various scenes in their works. This paper attempts to reflect on the way the following novels and their corresponding characters as the mentioned works advance demonstrate this trend. Alan Sillitoe's novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and three novellas from The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner are used as a means to lay groundwork for such popular type. As Alex represents the hideous satire of rebellious youth, the aim is to emphasize on how the rage displayed in these works hits the peak point at the beginning.