Adaptation, or the conversion of historical or fictional narratives into films, has been a common practice for many years. It is precisely this practice that has linked the two media of film and narrative together. It brought readers and viewers together in understanding a similar plot with a similar structure. Sometimes, filmmakers have successfully adapted films based on novels due to their ability to accurately portray the novel's structure, characters, and plot in every aspect of the film. In André Bazin's Adaptation, or the Cinema as Digest, he discusses Malraux's novel and film Man's Hope. He states that “the style of Malraux's film is gracefully identical to that of his book, even though they are two different artistic forms, cinema on the one hand and literature on the other”. This suggests that the two creative vehicles are stylistically similar in that they both reflect an organized plot with characters, themes, and motivations. In this article I will highlight the dialectic between the two art forms by identifying the subject, style, syntax and sound through a close-up visual experience. The film A Clockwork Orange, by Stanley Kubrick, gives us a true understanding of how this world contains various types of people, some of whom could be called "crazy". This film takes us into a world unknown to most of us, as the violence in this film is different from many other films of its time. Based on the novel originally written by Anthony Burgess, Kubrick shows us that films can enhance our reading experiences and bring us exceptional cinematic work alongside the novel. Published in 1962, this dystopian yet futuristic novella was adapted into a film in less than ten… middle of paper… secular, Kubrick received Oscar nominations in all three categories. (Bozzola, “A Clockwork Orange”)Works Cited1. Alexander, Geoffrey. “The Kubrick Site: The Hechinger Debacle.” Kubrick's site: the Hechinger debacle. Visual memory and the Web. 09 December 2013.2. Bozzola, Lucia. "A Clockwork Orange (1971): Information about the film." RottenTomatoes.com. Rotten Tomatoes and Web. 08 December 2013.3. Naremore, James and Andre Bazin. Film adaptation. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers UP, 2000. Print.4. Ebert, Roger. "A Clockwork Orange." RogerEbert.com. Roger Ebert, February 11, 1972. Web. December 10, 2013.5. "Stanley Kubrick's Legendary Film Techniques." LAvideoFilmmaker.com. LA Video Filmmaker and Web. 09 December 2013.6. Jeffrey, Victoria. “The Role of Sound Music and Sound Effects in the Motion Picture Industry.” Entertainmentscene360.com. Entertainment Scene 360, January 9, 2008. Web. December 10. 2013.