gans] were being replaced on the streets by the mods and rockers, and youth was continuing to express its disdain for the modern state, a British youth should be conditioned to be good.”(Bloom, p 118) On this note, Burgess created; “one of the most appallingly vicious creations in recent fiction”(Bloom, p 118) who is known as Alex. Underneath the simplicity of the name “Alex” lies other suggested meanings. When split apart the letter “a” acts as a negative prefix, and the word “lex” means an absence of law and a lack of words. It is evident that Alex clearly expresses both ideas. He lives his life on the basis of no rules, with a careless destructive attitude towards others. The “lack of words” concept relates to his lack of; “. . . attempt to explain or justify his actions in terms of abstract ideas or goals such as ‘liberty’ or ‘stability’. . . . Instead, he simply experiences life directly, sensuously, and, while he is free, joyously.”(Bloom, p 118)Orwell’s motive to write 1984 relates to England during the 1930’s. “The novel converts the social injustice, sexual repression and xenophobia . . . into the rigid class system, sexual puritanism, and permanent state of war in Oceania [the city in which 1984 takes place in].”(Lee, p 136) 1984’s atmosphere was inspired by Orwell’s life. He said; “It wouldn’t have been so gloomy . . . if I hadn’t been so ill.” The melancholy mood was also the result of his wife’s death in 1945. Choosing a name for Orwell’s main character was derived from a common English surname; “ . . . and combining it with a Christian name obviously drawn from Winston Churchill, Orwell immediately suggests several things about his hero: He is Everyman and Anyman; his fate can be the fate of any citizen *****3in this kind of society;...
