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The Beige Album

The Beige Album is the 6th Studio Album by Mute Frank, Released August 3rd, 2022. Unlike all other Mute Frank albums, this one is completely electronic, being entirely recorded on a cheap yamaha keyboard. During the making of this album, Onni let his TikTok audience choose which sound on the keyboard to make the song. This album features synth, pop, and electronic influences throughout. It was originally uploaded to Bandcamp, but it got a light touchup, and was released on all platforms. The original version is still up on Bandcamp, under the name The Beige Album (Bandcamp Version).

## Tracklist

1. A Song About All The Instruments I Have
2. I'm Coming Back For You
3. Fireworks
4. Apocalypse
5. Shizzle Bizzle
6. Truly Epic
7. Dream
8. Music I Guess
9. Youtube Poop
I want to be a cow

## Information

I want to be a cow is the 1st track on Frank The Mute. Originally, it was made as filler, but it ended up being one of Onni's favorite songs he made. It is the shortest Mute Frank song to date, clocking in at 22 seconds.

## Lyrics

Get money, waste money, kill yourself

Why does life gotta be this way?

I wanna be more like a cow

They get to do nothing all fucking day

Eat money, Fuck money, shit money, AAA

I really want to eat some hay

But no one gets to tug on my tits

I have nothing more to say

## Meaning

The song is about how Onni is sick of the cycle of capitalism, and him wishing to be a cow so he could escape his problems.
Fuck The Queen

## Information

Fuck The Queen is the 2nd track on Frank The Mute and a single by Mute Frank. It was written as soon as Onni heard about the queen's death, and he finished the song the next day. To this day it is still one of his favorite songs he has made. It was also the first song he ever promoted on his current English TikTok account, @almostalmostoriginal. It was the first single of the album to be released, and was also the first Mute Frank song to have a music video.

## Lyrics

We interrupt this program to inform you

That Queen Elizabeth has passed away.

She reign for 70 years,

Over a kingdom built on imperialism.

Celebrate her memory by consuming propaganda

By Netflix in the form of a TV show.

Now it's time to ignore every problem.

And every human rights violation.

Fuck the queen, I'm glad that she's dead.

Fuck the queen, I hope she burns in hell.

Fuck the queen, I'm glad that she's dead.

Fuck the queen, I hope she burns in hell.

And I don't sympathize with godamm monarchs,

Cause they're all just a waste of money and time.

And I don't give a shit about her children,

Because so many of them are pedophiles.

Like I'm sorry that I find it hard to feel bad for someone who is responsible for genocide.

I'm sorry that I'm not mourning the loss of a colonizer who was okay with child sex trafficking.

Fuck the queen, I'm glad that she's dead.

Fuck the queen, I hope she burns in hell.

Fuck the queen, I'm glad that she's dead.

Fuck the queen, I hope she burns in hell.

You might be wondering,

How I can celebrate someone's death.

But I'm not celebrating,

Until every single one of them is dead.

Fuck the queen, I'm glad that she's dead.

Fuck the queen, I hope she burns in hell.

Fuck the queen, I'm glad that she's dead.

Fuck the queen, I hope she burns in hell.

## Meaning

The song is a criticism of the queen and the monarchy as a whole.
Cogito Ergo Sum

"Cogito ergo sum" is Latin for *I think, therefore I am*.

Most of modern philosophy revolves around or is derived from Descartes' treatises and interpretations of it.

Descartes' theory forms the basis for Rationalism, which puts forth that reality should be determined primarily within the mind of an individual.

Much has been said about

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2019, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes-epistemology/

*To see the full list of references for this entire project (and not this specific page), see Works Cited.*
Project Requirements

If you would like to design a website, please consult me on the specifics. Here are some guidelines:

Build a website (using Google Sites, WordPress, or some other platform with which you feel comfortable), and construct an online, hypertext critical edition of a work. You may select a poem or set of poems, a short story, an essay, or part of a novel. Please write an introduction of 1,250 -1500 words: as succinctly as possible, detail the textual history of the work, including the number of editions, changes in the editions over time, dates of publication, languages, as well as adaptations, and then explain why the work on which you are focusing demands a hypertext treatment. What insights does the hypertext afford that the printed text might not? Finally, with the fresh insights that the hypertext yields, make a concise argument about the work.

Explicate the text itself by using internal and external links. You may also, of course, use links in your introduction. There is no minimum or maximum number of links, but I urge you to err on the side of too many rather than too few. Please provide context for--and analysis of--your external links; although hypertext complicates authorship, you should not let other content creators simply speak for you. (The equivalent problem in traditional papers is a "dropped quotation.") You may choose part of a longer work rather than the whole thing.

Multimodal projects for the website assignment are welcome: consider embedding images, vidoes, GIFs, audiofiles, and so forth. Because you're creating a hypertext, your project need not be linear in structure, but the web you create should cohere in some way: a set of threads should hold it together.
The Setting

The setting of *A Clockwork Orange* is, surprisingly, a contested element of the novel, though post signs point to it being Manchester, where Burgess spent his college years.

The year is not so clear within the text. It is at least post-1995, given the existence of the Durango 95.

The title of Burgess's own theatre adaptation "A Clockwork Orange 2004" seems to indicate that the text takes place in 2004.
Conlang

A conlang is a language that has been artificially constructed. Whether a language can be naturally constructed, or if it is always artificially constructed, is another debate in and of itself. For simplicity's sake, the term conlang usually refers to a language that was created by an authorial body for some purpose without trying to borrow too much from other languages.

## Specific Differentiations

Within the conlang community, there are differentiations between specific other types of "langs":

"Artlang" refers to a language that is constructed for the purposes of a fictional work.

There is also the phrase "natlang", which possibly means natural language, though debate on what the term actually means is heavily contested within the community. As illustrated by this thread, and by the unofficial Conlang community website citing  the fictional Aurebesh as a natlang in its glossary under the definition for neography, it is unclear whether the term "natlang" is limited to fictional conlangs (artlangs) or includes the scope to traditional real world languages.

## Burgess and Conlang

Burgess was heavily inspired by *Finnegans Wake*, and this is likely what encouraged him to try his own hand at including something of the conlang variety in *A Clockwork Orange*.

Surprisingly, Nadsat might not be considered a Conlang. While some phrases are invented or coined inventively, most of them are directly imported from the Russian language. This does not make Nadsat its own language, but moreso a fusion of English and other languages (like, say, Spanglish).

However, don't think this makes Burgess a complete language hack. Burgess was a well-traveled polyglot. In 1982, he did create an entirely new language for the French film *La Guerre du Feu*.

## References

1. ↑ Biswell, 2023, https://www.anthonyburgess.org/blog-posts/a-shorter-finnegans-wake-editing-an-epic/
2. ↑ Biswell, 2023, https://www.anthonyburgess.org/blog-posts/a-shorter-finnegans-wake-editing-an-epic/

*To see the full list of references for this entire project (and not this specific page), see Works Cited.*

## See Also

* Nadsat
* Glossary
Piracy

In media theory, intellectual piracy is acquiring or producing unauthorized versions of texts (usually through illicit means).

In the modern day, the overwhelming majority of piracy is conducted online or at least contains some sort of a digital element (i.e., transferring manuscripts digitally before printing them).

The creator of this page has never pirated anything in their life, especially for the uses of creating this wiki.

In their analysis on piracy, Dawdy and Bonnie importantly note the underrepresented fact that "no pirate works alone". . Take the example of modern piracy. In order to get around legal accusations (and storage restrictions) of hosting so much ill-gotten content, sites like *The Pirate Bay* instead function as peer-to-peer matching systems for sharing content (hence the legal battle against so-called "file-sharing"). One user essentially functions as a printing press, publisher, or author by *seeding* files. These *seeds* are then torrented by users wishing to pirate and obtain them. Afterwards, it is usually considered polite for the torrenter to then seed their torrented files themselves so that someone else can download them and continue the process.

## References

1. ↑ Dawdy and Bonni, 2012, p. 675
2. ↑ Dawdy and Bonni, 2012, pp. 690-691

*To see the full list of references for this entire project (and not this specific page), see Works Cited.*
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a style of music that emerged within the mid-20th century.

Most rock and roll songs revolved around disobeying your parents and having sex, getting into fights, or committing crimes.

Anthony Burgess himself was more of a fan of Classical music, as was his constructed narrator of Alex.

Interestingly, though, many fans of the novel see it and Alex's style as indicative of punk rock or simply rock and roll. Consider that initially, the Rolling Stones wanted to adapt the book as a film vehicle for their music.

## See Also

* You Blister My Paint#Real World
* boring people who don't like rock and roll
The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are a rock and roll band who originally wanted to adapt A Clockwork Orange into a film as a vehicle for their rock music. Lead-singer Mick Jagger wanted to play main character Alex DeLarge, though the International Anthony Burgess Foundation calls this a myth

Consider that many youths of the 21st century now consider the Rolling Stones to be "classic rock" - if anything, very tame and certainly not as punk-rock and radical as Ultra-Violence.

## References

1. ↑ Carr, 2021, https://www.anthonyburgess.org/blog-posts/was-mick-jagger-cast-as-alex-in-a-clockwork-orange/

*To see the full list of references for this entire project (and not this specific page), see Works Cited.*
Glossary/M

### Malenky

   malenky - tiny, little, from Russian маленький

### Messel

messel - thought, idea, from Russian мысль

### Millicent

millicent - police officer, from Russian милиция (lit. a militiaman)

### Mozg

    mozg - brain, mind, from Russian мозг.  Compare with rassodock.

1. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
2. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
3. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
4. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
5. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
6. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
7. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
8. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
9. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
10. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
11. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
Average Floowandereeze Combo

How cute. I bet they think they are so clever with their fancy card names and convoluted game mechanics. But really, what is the point of all this? Is there any real skill involved, or is it just luck of the draw? It's just sad to see grown adults wasting their time on such a meaningless pastime. They should be out doing something productive, like working or studying or volunteering, instead of pretending to be wizards or monsters or whatever. But hey, to each their own, I guess. Maybe it's just a way for them to escape their boring, mundane lives and feel like they have some sort of power or control.

Well, Floowandereeze is the perfect representation of this game's utter lack of creativity and imagination. I mean, seriously, what's next? Cards named Bloopityboop and Sproingydoo? And don't even get me started on the artwork. It's like they let a kindergartner loose with a box of crayons and said, "Go wild, kid!" But hey, at least Floowandereeze gives these players something to do besides staring blankly at the wall. It's like a little puzzle for them to figure out while they sit there drooling on themselves. And let's not forget the joy of spending hundreds of dollars on pieces of cardboard that will ultimately just end up in a dusty old shoebox in the attic. But hey, who needs food or shelter when you can have a shiny Floowandereeze card, right? It's all just a big joke, really. A game for those who never quite grew out of their "imaginary friend" phase.

"Oh, you played Floowandereeze and the Magnificent Map? Great, now you get to jump through 10 hoops and spin around in circles just to activate its effect." It's a wonder anyone can even remember all the steps. But I guess that's what happens when you let a bunch of basement-dwelling nerds design a card game. And the fact that people actually spend their hard-earned money on these cards just goes to show how desperate they are for a sense of purpose and identity. I mean, why bother trying to make a difference in the world when you can just summon a mythical creature and call it a day?
Curse Of Inspiration

## Information

Curse Of Inspiration is the 6th track on Frank The Mute. This song was inspired by a time when Onni came up for the idea for Stress Me Out, very late at night, and a time when Onni woke up at 5AM to go to a field and sit ontop of the haybales.

## Lyrics

It's 1AM,

And I am not in bed.

How did this happen again?

I tried to sleep,

When the melody hit me,

Oh will I ever know peace?

Curse of inspiration

Curse of inspiration

Curse of inspiration

Curse of inspiration

Curse of inspiration

Curse of inspiration

Now it's 4AM,

I'm gonna run out to the field,

And sit on top of the haybales.

You have to understand,

I'm a Fucking genius.

The world deserves to hear my songs.

Curse of inspiration

Curse of inspiration

Curse of inspiration

Curse of inspiration

Curse of inspiration

Curse of inspiration

Curse of inspiration

Curse of inspiration

Curse of inspiration

Curse of inspiration

Curse of inspiration

Curse of inspiration

## Meaning

The song is about a person who gets inspiration late at night.
Glossary/G

### Glazzy

glazzy - eye or nipple, from Russian глаз

### Goloss

Goloss - voice, language, tone; from Russian голос

### Grazzy

grazzy - dirty, unclean, from Russian грязный

### Gulliver

    gulliver - head, from Russian голова

1. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
2. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
3. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
4. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
5. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
6. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
Milk-plus

Milk-plus, aka moloko, is a drink consumed by the droogs in Burgess's fantasy world.

## Real World

At the surface, it might seem like an entirely original invention for the narrative world of the novel.

However, in the real world, there are a number of substances that are "milk-plus", albeit with alcohol instead of drugs.

## Symbolism

Milk is typically given to children. Milk thus references the adolescence of the droogs. The *plus* is an element of corruption, referencing the Ultra-Violence that distinguishes them from typical adolescents.

## Additives

Additives ("knives") are the drugs added to milk-plus to give it its *plus*.
Glossary/F/Flip

flip - crazy, as in great (adj.)  Uniquely, the term exists in modern English slang, albeit as an adverb (that's flipping cool) and as a way to subvert swearing. There is yet no proper term for this type of word, although Bowdlerizing is a candidate, once again returning us to the question of authorship.

1. ↑ Haider, 2022, https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20221114-a-clockwork-orange-60-year-old-teen-slang-that-still-shocks
Discography

The **discography** of Jay-Z consists of thirteen solo studio albums, four collaboration albums, one live album, one compilation album, one soundtrack album, two extended plays, one hundred and fifteen singles (including forty-five as a featured artist), nine promotional singles and eighty-two music videos.

## Albums

### Collaborative

* Label: Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam, Jive
 *Unfinished Business*(with R. Kelly) | * Released: October 26, 2004 (US)
* Label: Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam, Jive
 *Collision Course*(with Linkin Park) | * Released: November 30, 2004 (US)
* Label: Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam, Machine Shop, Warner
 *Watch the Throne*(with Kanye West) | * Released: August 8, 2011 (US)
* Label: Roc Nation, Roc-A-Fella
 *Everything Is Love*(with Beyoncé as The Carters) | * Released: June 16, 2018 (US)
* Label: Roc Nation, Parkwood
* Formats: CD, DL

### Compilation

* Label: Roc Nation, Def Jam
* Formats: CD, LP, DL

### Soundtrack

* Label: Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam
* Formats: CD, LP, DL

### Live

* Label: Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam
 *Live in Brooklyn* | * Released: October 9, 2012 (US)
* Label: Roc Nation, Def Jam
* Formats: DL

## Mixtapes

* Label: Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam
 *S. Carter: The Re-Mix* | * Released: 2004
* Label: Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam, Reebok
* Formats: CD

## Production discography

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Covers

## Cover Albums

* I don't know about you but I'm having fun (2023)

## YouTube covers

* El Scorcho (2022)
* I'm Not Angry Anymore (2022)
* I hate School (2023)
* Barbie Girl (2023)
* Waving My Dick In The Wind (2023)
* Rock and Roll McDonald's (2023)
* Shake it off (2023)
* Song 2 (2023)
* Star (2023)

## Live covers

* Holland, 1945
* Popsi Popsi Porkkanaa
* Lintu
* El Scorcho
* Shake It Off
* Barbie Girl

## Tiktok Covers

* Waving My Dick In The Wind
* Love Story
* Hash Pipe
* Spooky Scary Skeletons
* Pink Triangle
* Sober To Death
Intergenerational Conflict

Intergenerational conflict is a conflict between two generations (i.e., the youth and their elders).

## In the Novel

As Alex is a teenager and the criminal justice system is naturally comprised of grown adults, intergenerational conflict is at the heart of the novel.

At the end of the novel, Alex settles down and becomes a part of the boring old generation he once conflicted with at the beginning of his narrative arc[*citation needed*].
Fair Use

Fair Use is the doctrine that allows creators to reuse parts of other works.

The valid uses for fair use are for purposes of commentary, criticism, news reporting, or scholastic endeavors.

Fair use also allows for remixing of other people's ideas (i.e. in music, literature), so long as that use is "transformative".

You might notice that these definitions are quite poor. While this might work well for other laws, it puts content creators in a situation of anxiety when they wish to use other peoples' works. Oftentimes, creators won't know if they're violating fair use until they're being sued, at which point it is too late. This is the problem with fair use.
Death of the Author

The Death of the Author is a theoretical phenomenon proposed by philosopher Roland Barthes, published in an eponymous essay in 1967.

In summation, the death of the author means that as soon as the author submits the reading to another person for purposes of reading, the author loses control over what the text actually means. The text then has its own existence and any meanings are then discerned by the reader.

Then again, it's entirely possible that this a misreading of Barthes... But what is he going to do about it?
Auteur Theory

The auteur theory suggests that one individual puts forth a lot of their own identity into the art (specifically) films that they create, and thus, films can be understood by looking at their creators.

The auteur theory is usually relegated specifically for film, but it can be applied to other disciplines. This creator finds it particularly salient in discussions revolving around literary authorship as well.

Auteur theory stands in contrast to Death of the Author in that the auteur theory puts more stock in the author's biography and works and essentially states that the creator of the art, or at least their style, must be understood before one can attempt to understand their individual artwork. To attempt to understand one of an artist's works without reviewing their whole portfolio would be folly.
Captain Hook (Garry Hook)

## Garry Hook

**Garry** **Hook**, widely recognized by his infamous alias **Captain** **Hook**, assumes the role of a captivating villain within the enchanting universe of Disney Land The Country. Known for his audacious and cunning nature, **Captain** **Hook** revels in the opportunity to challenge those who fancy themselves as heroes.

With a flamboyant flair and a taste for theatricality, **Captain** **Hook** embodies the essence of a timeless and iconic character. He navigates the treacherous waters of Disney Land The Country, armed with a devious intellect and an unwavering determination to undermine and thwart the efforts of heroes who stand in his way.
Plato

Plato is a famous philosopher who had a few choice things to say about writing.

## Theories

### World of Forms

Plato believed that everything humans can perceive in their mind is an approximation of a more perfect "ideal" of that thought. People are able to recognize concepts like trees, good, etc. because that exists in a higher divine order.

### The Cave

*See also: Intergenerational Conflict*.

Plato believed that people are born in a place of knowledge obfuscation. Eventually, they reach enlightenment. It is up to them whether they stay in enlightenment (they likely will). If they stay in enlightenment, they will feel the urge to convert others to enlightenment, though they will naturally face resistance.

### Midwifery

In his work *Theaetetus*, Plato paints the creative mind as someone who helps ideas be born from the world of forms into reality.

The author themselves does not create anything new ("I have no sort of wisdom, nor has any discovery ever been born to me as the child of my soul"), but instead helps bring sensations of information to others.

In other word, the author does not actually originally create their work, but merely experiences it in their head and then helps others experience that diegetic creation.
Intertextuality

Intertextuality is a literary concept that occurs when one literary text references another outside text. In this way, it is similar to an Allusion.

In order to glean the full meaning of the text, the reader must have at least a decent understanding of the text that is being referenced. This poses a difficult question if the reader is expected to divine the meaning of the text for themselves, as now the author has less control over the text.

## A Clockwork Orange

To write about all of the intertextuality in *A Clockwork Orange* would be far too lengthy. Some important texts are Doctor Faustus or the works of James Joyce, works which Anthony Burgess interacted with extensively within his literary career. After all, Burgess said that his ideal reader was "... a lapsed Catholic and failed musician... who has read the books that I have read."

## Criticism

Intertextuality could be criticized as a writing shortcut - it allows the author of the holding text to evoke the themes of the original text without the writer having to write them themselves (essentially allowing the author to substitute their own writing for another's), unless of course the point is to tactfully interact and communicate with the original text, at which point it begins to border on Metafiction.

## References

1. ↑ Mitgang, 1993, p. 23

*To see the full list of references for this entire project (and not this specific page), see Works Cited.*
Ghostwriting

Ghostwriting is a process where an author writes text, on some level, for another author, usually without attribution to the "actual" author.

It is usually seen under a negative light, but

Is not all of Wikipedia essentially ghostwritten?

Are not all websites ghostwritten, unless the corporate author lists the web developers, and designers, too?

Aren't all books essentially ghost-created, since we rarely see the names of who operated the printing press, made the cover art, etc. on the front page? What, then, is the problem with ghostwriting?
Ultra-Violence

Ultra-violence is a term used throughout the novel to explain the immoral acts which Alex DeLarge and his droogs take part in for fun.

## Etymology

   Ultra-Violence seems to be a play on the term scientific "ultraviolet". Coincidentally, "orange" light is considered infrared, which is a mirrored counterpart to ultraviolet. Both are naturally invisible to humans.

## The Setting

Burgess was seeking to investigate the issue of "the problems of growing criminality", specifically that of the youth. Much of the gang warfare comes from British "teddy boy" culture that Burgess and his wife witnessed firsthand.

## Thematic Usage

Ultra-Violence is likely a part of a bigger theme in contemporary British literature: compare the violence performed by the young droogs to the plot of Lord of the Flies.

To Burgess, though, Alex is entirely evil, "not merely misguided". Therefore, in some ways, Alex's ultraviolence

However, it can also be seen as Burgess's attempt to reason with the trauma inflicted upon his wife.

1. ↑ Burgess, 1972, p. 477
2. ↑ Burgess, 2011, p. 161
3. ↑ Burgess, 1972, p. 477
Glossary/F

### Filly

   to filly - to play (from English, a filly is a young horse, so it is literally "horsing around")

### Flip

   flip - crazy, as in great (adj.)  Uniquely, the term exists in modern English slang, albeit as an adverb (that's flipping cool) and as a way to subvert swearing. There is yet no proper term for this type of word, although Bowdlerizing is a candidate, once again returning us to the question of authorship.

### Forficulate

A footnote in the Rawlinson edition indicates that forficulate indicates a crawling sensation upon the skin.

1. ↑ Haider, 2022, https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20221114-a-clockwork-orange-60-year-old-teen-slang-that-still-shocks
2. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, p. 4
Nominative Determinism

Nominative Determinism is the concept that things are destined to act as they are named, or, in other words, that names have an effect on fate.

While it sounds exclusive to literature, there is evidence that suggests this does have some bearing on real world events.

## In the Book

Dim is dim.

Alexander and F. Alexander are both somewhat egomaniacal (like Alexander the Great) and their fates are intertwined.

## In Real Life

The idea behind nominative determinism is that people will subconsciously be influenced to model their lives after what they are named after.

An issue with there being substantial for nominative determinism being true is that it suggests that, to some certain extent, free will might be some sort of illusion. Whether you want to or not, you are essentially acting according to the idea of something else that is outside of your control and is controlling your life (in this case, what your parents named you, how society shapes the ideal persona around your name, and what factored into your parents naming you that). Like other predetermined factors (e.g. gender), no matter what you do, all that you do will be trying to either validate or deconstruct this predetermined facet of your identity. You are restrained by your fate.

## References

1. ↑ Butler, 1990, p. 145

*To see the full list of references for this entire project (and not this specific page), see Works Cited.*
Predetermination

Predetermination is the belief that one's fate is predetermined: that, at least to some sort of extent, no matter what you do, you are relegated to a certain fate or final destiny.

Some believers in predetermination don't believe in Free Will altogether.

Most believers in predetermination are religious, although predetermination is not exclusively a religious phenomenon. Atheistic predetermination is a valid theory: for example, the belief that all of your actions are predetermined not by a divine force, but instead something like total causality. For those who do believe in religion and predetermination, there is usually an element of Moral Conservativism: there is a specific ideological dogma that you must follow.

## In the Novel

Burgess wrote Alex to be undeniably evil, not just misguided; however, ta the same time, he believed that people like Alex had a choice in their behavior and should be punished for those choices that they make.

In other words, people should be behaving on their own accord, not because they are programmed to.

However, to fire back at Burgess... If people are only acting good to evade punishment, is that really free will at all? Isn't that exactly what Alex's treatment had done, although simply more abstract?

## See Also

* Doctor Faustus
* Individualism

1. ↑ Burgess, 1972, p. 477
Finnegans Wake

*Finnegans Wake* is a book written by James Joyce, published in 1939.

Burgess himself would publish an edited, abridged version of the book in 1966.

## Influence Upon Burgess

Anthony Burgess "excitedly" read the book upon its release. His love for the book only compounded when he found that his birth initials had somehow been included as a minor character in the book.

The largest inspiration upon *A Clockwork Orange* would be the book's inventive use of language. As Evan Roberts writes:

```
Joyce is attempting, however successfully, to delve beneath the conscious levels of speech; Burgess is playing with ordinary speech conventions. It is as if he were testing our ability to read. As we know, to read Shakespeare, requires coming to terms with the vocabulary, some of which is slang, some of which is simply out-of-date. To read *A Clockwork Orange* is to go through the same process artificially. Indeed it is even more difficult, for there is no apapratus with footnotes, and most readers will have too little Russian to provide the necessary clues.

```

## References

1. ↑ Biswell, 2023, https://www.anthonyburgess.org/blog-posts/a-shorter-finnegans-wake-editing-an-epic/
2. ↑ Evans, 1971, p. 408

*To see the full list of references for this entire project (and not this specific page), see Works Cited.*
Communications Circuit

The communications circuit is a model developed by media theorist Richard Darnton to explain the circulation of texts in the early modern period.

It has remained a useful piece for communications theorists.

## Implications for Authorship

The most staggering implication, for our purposes, is how often the text changes hands. Not only do writers write their work, but editors, censors, and translators edit the text as well.

Also consider how the author is a reader before they become a writer - this implies that their work is irreversibly influenced by the work of other people's work from the very beginning.

## Gallery

A modern-day revision of the communication circuit by Meghan Charest.Darnton's original communication circuit.
1. ↑ Charest, 2020, https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/72806263753e4994b1df015ba94d58cd
Glossary/R

### Razrez

to razrez - to cut, from Russian разрезать

### Red

In the context of Nadsat, "red" refers to blood.

### Rozz

rozz - policeman (see Glossary/M/Millicent)

1. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
2. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
3. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, p. 4
4. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
5. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
Glossary/B

### Baboochka

baboochka - old woman, from Russian бабушка (lit. grandma) It's a deliberate choice, considering 'babushka' had already begun to enter the English lexicon by that time.

### Bezoomny

   bezoomny - crazy, from Russian безумный

### Blue

In the context of Nadsat, "blue" refers to blue-light.

### Boyo

boyo - boy, compare with Glossary/D/Droog

### Britva

   britva - razor, as in straight-razor, from Russian бритва

1. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
2. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
3. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
Autofiction

Autofiction is a sub-genre of fiction that involves telling a story very closely based upon one's own life.

Conventionally, autofiction has the author and main character sharing their identity or at least their same name, although the boundaries of the genre are very fluid.

Most of the theory on autofiction originates in France, and as of this writing has yet to enter American circles.

The mere existence of the term blurs the line between what is fiction and what is non-fiction, and if there is a difference at all. It also questions the basis for the theory of the death of the author and calls into question the author's inventiveness.

## Similarities Between Alex DeLarge and Anthony Burgess

* Anthony Burgess and Alex DeLarge are both music fanatics.
* Both share the letter A to begin their names.

## Similarities Between F. Alexander and Anthony Burgess

*See also: Burgess's Trauma*.

In a robbery. Burgess's wife was beaten to the point of a miscarriage that resulted in her eventual death. This is almost exactly what happened to the author in *A Clockwork Orange*.

Also, both personalities wrote a novel called A Clockwork Orange about the same moral dilemma.

## Similarities Between F. Alexander and Alex DeLarge

* Both share the name Alexander, obviously.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mortimer, 2009, p. 22
2. ↑  Worthington, 2018, p. 1
3. ↑ Anthony Burgess Centre, 2002, http://www.masterbibangers.net/ABC/index.php?option=com\_content&view=article&id=49

*To see the full list of references for this entire project (and not this specific page), see Works Cited.*
Rationalism

Rationalism is a school of thought derived from René Descartes' treatises that primarily argues that the mind determines reality rather than sensual input. Sensitive input is still valuable, but it must be filtered through the mind before the true nature of reality can be discerned.

It forms the basis for subjects such as mathematics and philosophy.

As it suggests a subjective reality, it falls much more in line with modernist ideologies that espouse that one certain way is right.
Metafiction

Metafiction is the application of metaphysics to literary theory. More specifically, it revolves around how a fictional text acknowledges and communications with the understanding that it is a piece of fiction.

## In A Clockwork Orange

In a tongue-in-cheek depiction of metafiction, Alex DeLarge reads a text called "A Clockwork Orange", mocks it, and rips it to shred in front of the author before raping his wife. By interacting with the diegetic symbol of the text and the author, our narrator is partaking in the tradition of metafiction without diegetically attempting to.

Then again, your mileage on this reading may vary.
Moral Conservativism

Moral conservativism is an ideology focused around a "critique of 'modernity'".

Burgess was a self-professed monarchist who was concerned with the behaviors of the youth, which he considered erratic, and as such, naturally falls under the umbrella of moral conservativism.

Burgess specifically wanted to criticize social planning.

## See Also

* Modernism, the belief that there is one way to do things

## References

1. ↑ Simpson, 1987, p. 29

*To see the full list of references for this entire project (and not this specific page), see Works Cited.*
Glossary/D

### Decrep

   decrep - shortened form of *decrepit one*

### Devotchka

   devotchka - young woman, girl; from Russian девочка

### Drats

to drats - to fight, from Russian драться

### Droog

droog - friend, from Russian друг

1. ↑ Evans, 1971, p. 407
2. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
3. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
4. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
5. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
Glossary/C

Despite what some sarcastic people might say, it is not in fact a reference to the American military-industrial complex.

While the name is cheeky, it is sadly ironic as the author died of lung cancer.

   .

### Cheest

to cheest - to clean, from Russian чистить

### Chepooka

     chepooka - nonsense, from Russian чепуха

### Copper

    copper - a policeman, from British slang. See also millicent.

### Crast

    crast - to steal, from Russian красть

### Creech

    to creech - to yell, from Russian кричать.. Compare with English "screech".

1. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
2. ↑ Mitgang, 1993, p. 23
3. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
4. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
5. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
6. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
7. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
8. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
9. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
10. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
Anthony Burgess

Anthony Burgess was the author of *A Clockwork Orange*.

## Personal Life

Burgess's favorite books were those of James Joyce. His thesis concerned Doctor Faustus

Anthony Burgess based much of *A Clockwork Orange* off of the rape and beating of his first wife, Lynn Burgess. Burgess claimed he had to write the book drunk.

Shortly after the book's release, Burgess cheated on his wife with another translator. The two conceived a child in an affair. The two would marry when Burgess's first wife passed away from cyrrhosis. Anthony Burgess's second wife claimed that she did not marry him for his good looks (she found him ugly) but because he was brilliant .

Burgess died in 1993 of lung cancer.

## The Reluctant Author

Anthony Burgess did not want to be an author, but wanted to study music. He studied music because his skills at physics were too poor to be considered for entrance into higher music education. He became a writer

He stayed a writer because "he must write in order to eat" but routinely publicly expressed to be considered a musician first and a writer second.

Anthony Burgess did not publish his first novel until he was 39, and it was only to leave his life with an inheritance.

Burgess cancelled a sequel to *A Clockwork Orange* because he did not feel adequately versed in philosophy.

## Trivia

* Throughout his life, Anthony Burgess considered converting to Catholicism. By the time of his death, he considered himself Manicheean.
* Burgess was a polyglot, something that doubtlessly helped him when he created Nadsat.
* Like other sci-fi writers of his time, Burgess is a rather... contemptuous figure . He had been accused of lying about his first wife's connections to celebrities as well as his polylingual abilities.

## References

1. ↑ Lewis, 2002, pp. 97–98
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Mitgang, 1993, p. 23
3. ↑ The Telegraph, 2007, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1571513/Liana-Burgess.html
4. ↑ Williams, 2002, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/nov/10/biography.anthonyburgess
5. ↑ Flood, 2019, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/25/the-clockwork-condition-lost-sequel-to-a-clockwork-orange-discovered
6. ↑ Lewis, 2002

*To see the full list of references for this entire project (and not this specific page), see Works Cited.*
Why Hypertext?

An immediate question

Why should I adapt the

I acknowledge that it's not a proper hypertext. I don't think anything can be truly adapted from one medium to another and become a "true" piece of that second medium: a true piece of a medium can only be constructed from the ground-up for that medium.

When I first began reading *A Clockwork Orange*, under

I specifically read the critical edition.

I was forewarned

This version of the hypertext was feathered with footnotes,

I was informed about the existence of the glossary.

As with many other Critical Editions, at the end of the book there were pieces of commentary written on the text. Contrary to the footnotes, and like the glossary, these pieces of commentary

Furthermore, while writing a paper on the piece,

If you've browsed the wiki, you know I've incorporated a lot of Intertextuality. There's screenshots from different movies (or, in the case of Horse-In-Motion, the entire film!).

I've also incorporated a few gags here and there, for shits and giggles, because creating a wiki like this is boring as hell to do alone.
Cosmonaut Tabletop Pilot Episode

Star Wars; Low Profile

### Title Crawl

These are the dark times, seven years ago the Empire took control of the galaxy and took control of the Republic. The Jedi Knights meant to keep peace across the galaxy are wiped out. Any remaining members of their order have gone into hiding, least they meet the same threat as their allies. Amid this looming shadow is a spark of hope rumors arise a rebellion that hopes to take control of the galaxy way from the Emperor but these rumors are distant and faint. Countless planets suffer under the Imperial Tyranny. many flee opression to build new lives beyond the bounds of civiliazation on the edge of the empire. These renegades struggle to survive and remain free in these dark times.

### Episode Summary

The crew of The Taika are contact by a gangster on Nar Shadda by the name of Warren Torvec commonly known as Red Warren. Red Warren is a smaller gangster working for the illustrious gang Lunar Fang.

The crew go to meet with him at his command ship on Nar Shadda.
Yun Chuan

* Pantheon
* Element
* Role
* Rarity
* Starting and Max statistics
* Abilities
* Skins
* Age
* Height
* Identity
* Favorite
* Affiliation
* Introduction to the game
* Careers
* Diary
* Albums
* Story sprite
* Esper profile
* Animations
* Intro video
* Basic strategy info
* All voice lines
* Trivia
* Gallery
* Set recommendations
* Bounty stories
* Event correlation
* Relationships
* Resonance
* Ascension
* Mythological reference
Nadsat

Nadsat is a "con-slang" invented by the author of *A Clockwork Orange*, Anthony Burgess.

The Rawlins-edited Norton Critical Edition of the text comes with footnotes indicating many of the original manuscript choices, indicating that the creation of Nadsat was at least partially a joint effort.

Furthermore, most (but not all).

A list of Nadsat words can be found in the Glossary.

## Non-Russian Terms

While most of the slang is directly imported from Russian, there are also words that *do not* come from Russian, but instead other languages (such as German).

In addition to slang, onomatopoeia is also used.

Elements of Shakespearean English can also be found intermingled, which is often used for grammatical structure to help make Nadsat feel less foreign but also paradoxically more Victorian and higher-classed.

## Trivia

* An interesting observation is that more Nadsat tends to be spilled during action scenes. One could read this as Alex's excitement manifesting or even an authorial cop-out, as many writers struggle to describe scenes of action within the confines of prose.
* The exigence of making a conlang seems to owe to Finnegans Wake.
* When translating into Russian, Burgess believed the Russians would simply invert Nadsat and have it be comprised of English language. Instead, many Russian translators decided to experiment with their own language.
	+ Interestingly, many of Burgess's translators (like the Polish translator) found Burgess's Russian to be horrifically broken and even misused (despite that being his intention) and wanted him to fix it even in English editions of the text.

Windle, 1995, pp. 163-185
2. ↑ Windle, 1995, p. 164
Glossary/S

### Sloosh

   to sloosh - to hear, from Russian слушать

### Spat

to spat - to sleep with, from Russian спать

### Starry

    starry - old, from Russian старый

1. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
2. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
3. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
4. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
5. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
6. ↑ Rawlinson edition of Burgess, 2011, pp. 123-128.
Haze

## Bio

A Mirialan bounty hunter once a daughter to a royal family that supported the Empire, she was kicked out when it was revealed she was force sensitive. She eventually found her way through the galaxy to K1D where she would hire him to be her bodyguard and help in bounties. She has never received formal training in the force and sees Jedi as cowards for running away from the Empire.
K1D

## Bio

A prototype KX-series security droid bounty hunter that often is dressed as a cowboy. On the run due to him breaking a rule in the bounty hunters guild. K1D was able to find his way to Haze after some time with her hiring him to be her bodyguard they would continue to work together to take on bounty's together.
Benstrs

Not Benstr's Minecraft Skin

Benstrs was one of the first active members of Pixels Legacy who was not an immediately a member of Birchtown. He started in Spawn Settlement (Now Peacekeeper Village) with Amongus123sh and was his teammate for a while. Near the end of the Great Birchtown Invasion, he killed Amongus123sh, his teammate, and saved Birchtown. He was awarded a medal and was made Mayor of Spawn Settlement, which he renamed to Peacekeeper Village. He is in good relations with most members of Birchtown, such as Judecraft and XD BOBCAT XD. he disappeared after Peacekeeper Village was raided in the Peackeeper Raid but is rumored to be coming back soon.
The Adventure Begins - Escape from Red Warren

## Episode Summary

The crew of the Taika are assualted by the ships of Red Warren after their failure to save the mines owned by him. While they attempt to escape the rest of the Lunar Fang arrive to save the Taika and take out Red Warren as they have now drawn him out of hiding.

The crew of the Taika land on Lunar Fang's capital ship and meet a cybernetic human named Jack Where they are then introduced to the Twi'lek captain of the Lunar Fang Chandra.

Chandra offers the crew the same opportunity Red Warren did but this time with the real possibility of it coming true, an opportunity to expunge their bounties.

Chandra gives the crew as their first mission to infiltrate the disabled ships of Red Warren and steal back some of the cargo that Red Warren stole from Lunar Fang.