Eventually, the slang-filled language becomes familiar to readers. This growing comprehension of Alex’s style of speaking also parallels Alex’s growth away from violence, and towards maturity. As readers finally become comfortable with nadsat, Alex begins to outgrow his violent youth. An example that shows that Alex’s use of his slang is related to the violence is in the middle section of the novel, when Alex is in jail under government control where he can no longer partake in violent actions without being punished and is forcefully taught to speak normally. As he speaks without his slang, he no longer commits violent actions. After leaving the jail, nadsat catches up with him when he becomes frustrated with F. Alexander’s co-workers and he once again slips into violence. Alex’s use of nadsat has a close relation to violence and in the end, Alex decides to give up his aggression in order to move on with his life.
Along with the violence and rebellious attitude, the nadsat language is seen spoken only among the adolescents. The language itself becomes a symbol for teenagers because Burgess makes it clear that the idiom is only spoken by the reckless teenagers and thus clearly separates the youth from the adults. Near the end of the novel, Burgess makes it clear that the language goes away with maturity. The language that unites Alex and his “droogies” is what, in the end, defines the limits between who has moved on to important life goals and who is still in his youth. Pete, one of Alex’s old friends and accomplice of malevolent deeds, allows for Alex to realize that he must grow out of his old habits because Pete is no longer speaking in nadsat. To point it out even more, Pete’s wife snickers at Alex for the way he talks. This allows for Alex to realize that he is “getting too old for the sort of jeezny I had been leading…” Even in the real world, teens are known to be rebellious and like in the book, they have words that adults sometimes do not catch on to. For example, new music for the younger generations has a plethora of new slang words that teens use daily while adults fail to understand. This goes hand in hand with the idea that language is a defining characteristic that separates the youth from the adults. In the final chapter, Alex realizes for his own sake that he has out-grown his language.
Nadsat is not the only language, however, that has significance on the story line. Alex’s hard time understanding the Minister of the Interior because of his