A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess, develops a fictional account of a violent futuristic society, integrating commentary on current political and social issues. Not only does A Clockwork Orange feature Burgess's view on behavioral science, but it also contains made-up language mixed with English. Being well educated and having a background in languages ​​such as Russian, German and French, Burgess created a language known as Nadsat. Nadsat is influenced by Russian, German, English, Cockney slang and also contains made-up slang. The language has a poetic feel, and Burgess's writing contains context clues that help the reader determine what the unfamiliar language means. The story of what led to Burgess's ideas for the novel explains Nadsat's story because it emphasizes the need for fictional language. A Clockwork Orange follows a teenager named Alex, who teams up with his thug friends at night. hours to commit some of the old ultraviolence. After one of Alex's droogs challenges his leadership and loses, all of his friends turn against him and our humble narrator is arrested and sent to prison for murder. In prison, Alex volunteers for a radical new treatment that can cure him of his evil in exchange for a reduced sentence. Alex is released back into society, only to see the people he harmed take revenge on him. He ultimately finds redemption by living a normal life in society. There are three events that led Burgess to ideas for the novel that needed language to separate it from the content. The major influence occurred in 1943, when Burgess's pregnant wife, Lynne, was attacked and brutish......middle sheet......;De Vitis, AA Anthony Burgess. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1972.Gladsky, Rita K. “Schema Theory and Literary Texts.” Linguistic quarterly. 30.1-2: 40-46.Hyman, Stanley E. Glossary of the Nadsat language. Keckler, Jesse. "Biography." A critical look at A Clockwork Orange. November 27, 1999. Nadsat Dictionary. October 3, 1999. Petix, Ester. "Linguistics, Mechanics and Metaphysics: Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange (1962).". Critical essays on Anthony Burgess. Ed. Geoffrey Aggler. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1986. pp. 121-131."The Ultimate Beatnik." Ed. Boytinck, Paolo. Anthony Burgess, an annotated bibliography and reference guide. New York: Garland Publishing, 1985.