Thursday, March 6, 2008
First Bite of the Orange; The Real No Country for Old Men
Upon reading the first several chapters of A ClockWork Orange, I have observed a stunning aspect of the novel. In my opinion, Anthony Burgess accurately predicts the road that this country is headed down with respect to the elderly. It is no secret that many cultures revere the aged more than our own. Over the years, the appreciation for the old aged has decreased dramatically. As Tyler Wayne Roach, the author of the above article states, "The situation of older Americans is beginning to look more dire as politicians in Washington D.C. get ready to slash government spending on Social Security, Medicaid, etc." Society once revered the elderly as monumental figures; they are now being pushed aside to avoid any inconveniance. In many of America's classic novels, the old aged are always treated like gold because at the time when these books were written, that's how they really were viewed. SECURITY DISCLAIMER: the following youtube video that I am about to post could be the most annoying thing anyone has ever seen. The two girls in the video make me feel embarassed to be a teenager. If I ever see them on the street, it will take a very strong person to keep me from trampling them. However, once you get past the 30 seconds of babbling, the video does help prove my point that today's culture does not care about the elderly at all. This video sickens me because not only does it mock the people that should be respected the most, but it also depicts what many of the youth of this country are like: annoying and immature. These girls, who live in a youtube world where every rambling thought can now be documented, unfortunately for us, epitomize how socially backwards this nation is. It is a sick world to live in when the people who have come before us are treated as poorly as they currently are. So whether or not this situation escalates to the point it has reached in the novel, where Alex and his droogs, or friends, are beating up on random old people, something must be done to help the treatment of the elderly.
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