![]() ![]() It can be said that Ellis’s presentation of a consumer society is fundamental in driving Bateman, Ellis’s protaganist, to act in the way he does. However, this is not to say that the principal purpose of these novels is to shock arguably, this is merely an effect generated by the form in which these books are presented. ![]() Both Burgess and Ellis employ literary techniques in their novels that are significantly directed toward provoking a controversial response from readers upon publication. Although it is not solely the violent content of the books that shocks, it is a “matter of form and style” and the methods used by both authors in their portrayals of monstrosity. Nevertheless, the brutality and explicit expression that drench these novels is imperative in shocking the readers. ![]() The controversy surrounding Brett Easton Ellis’s American Psycho and Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange relates primarily to the central themes that are explored in both books. ![]()
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