Prompt 2:
Harlan Ellison, in his satirical short story “‘Repent,
Harlequin!’ Said the Tickockman,” incorporates the
cardioplates as symbolic representations of the
mechanization of man in order to warn against the
dangers of conforming to an unjust government.
Harlan Ellison (author), in his satirical short story
“‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Tickockman,” (title
and type of text) incorporates (AP verb) the
cardioplates as symbolic representations of the
mechanization of man (literal with tool; structure
mimics tone) in order to warn against the dangers
of conforming to an unjust government (theme).
Prompt 3:
Harlan Ellison, in his dystopian short story “‘Repent,
Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman,’” contradicts the
idea that love conquers all through Pretty Alice’s
selfish betrayal of Everett C. Marm— a betrayal that
is the catalyst for the Harlequin’s downfall.
Harlan Ellison (author), in his dystopian short story
“‘Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman,’” (title
and type of text) contradicts (AP verb) the idea that
love conquers all (theme) through Pretty Alice’s
selfish betrayal of Everett C. Marm (tone and
literal)— a betrayal that is the catalyst for the
Harlequin’s downfall (theme and character).
Prompt 1:
Harlan Ellison, in his dystopian short story “‘Repent,
Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman,’” juxtaposes the
Harlequin, a motley-clad desperado, with the
monochromatic denizens of the mechanistic world
in the moments before the now infamous jellybean
scene in order to contrast the difference between
individuality and conformity.
Harlan Ellison, in his dystopian short story “‘Repent,
Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman,’” paints Everett C.
Marm as a man both motivated and destroyed by
love in his confrontation with the Ticktockman in
order to convey the idea that love might have the
power to save, but it also has the power to destroy.
Conveying the idea that love has not only the ability
to save but destroy, Harlan Ellison, in his dystopian
short story “‘Repent, Harlequin! Said the
Ticktockman,’” paints Everett C. Marm as a man
both motivated and destroyed by love in his
confrontation with the Ticktockman.