"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman

I thought this story was great. It reminded me of Hyde from That 70's Show, he was always fighting the man. This was a perfect exageration, almost a wake up call. Why do people feel they need to fit in and be like everyone else? When poeple conform they lose their spirit. Henry David Thoreau's quote was a nice addition to the point of manufactured men. The idea of the ticktockman is horrific, someone who can just decide to turn you off. It is so extreme. Not to mention the fear it produces. Georgette Marshal was such a loving mother and wife that she would wish termination on her children and husband as long as it wasn't her. Would poeple really not stand up against something so monsterous and hipocritical? The Harlequin is the personification of joy, courage, laughter, and originality that everyone lacked in this story. He facing death would rather be himself than conform. That should be a quality seen in more people in real life. But like all authority figures they crushed the life out of him. Having time taken off your life for not following a strict schedule takes the spontinaetity out of life, everything fun and exciting is gone. There is no room for mistakes or accidents, no more adventures or getting lost. I would rather die than live in a world so scheduled and dull. And especially because of the authority, someone telling you what to do when and where to do it. It would be worse than prison.