Subtitle A Clockwork Orange -

The phrase "A Clockwork Orange" refers to something that appears organic and natural on the outside but is actually a mechanical, programmed entity on the inside.

Author Anthony Burgess noted the title also draws from an old Cockney expression, "as queer as a clockwork orange," meaning something extremely strange or unnatural. 2. Core Themes subtitle a clockwork orange

The title is a metaphor for a human being who has been conditioned or "wound up" by the state to perform good acts without the internal will to do so. Represents the natural, organic human being. The phrase "A Clockwork Orange" refers to something