Analysis Of Said The Ticktockman By Ralph Ellison
Man’s Moral Sense over Corruption
“‘Don't come back till you have him!’[...]They used probes. They used torment. They used torture. They used search & seizure. They used treachery.” And the character who orders this chaos is the Master Timekeeper, in this part of the story he is infuriated with the Harlequin so he stops at nothing to stop him. The Master Timekeeper, or more commonly known as the Ticktockman is one who is always behind a mask and is controlling the dystopian city in which the rest of the characters from “‘Repent Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” live in. Throughout this story the author, Harlan Ellison, creates this intense and problematic town that no one can escape from. In “‘Repent Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman,” Ellison
“‘Don't come back till you have him!’[...]They used probes. They used torment. They used torture. They used search & seizure. They used treachery.” And the character who orders this chaos is the Master Timekeeper, in this part of the story he is infuriated with the Harlequin so he stops at nothing to stop him. The Master Timekeeper, or more commonly known as the Ticktockman is one who is always behind a mask and is controlling the dystopian city in which the rest of the characters from “‘Repent Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” live in. Throughout this story the author, Harlan Ellison, creates this intense and problematic town that no one can escape from. In “‘Repent Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman,” Ellison