Alex (A Clockwork Orange)

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Alex is a fictional character and the protagonist in Anthony Burgess's novel A Clockwork Orange and Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation of the same name, in which he is played by Malcolm McDowell. In the book, Alex's surname is not stated. In the film, Kubrick chose it to be DeLarge, a reference to Alex calling himself Alexander The Large (the implication being that he possesses oversized genitals; as well as a punning reference to Alexander the Great) in the novel. Later on in the film, two newspaper articles print his name as "Alex Burgess", a reference to Burgess.

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