Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman | Topics for Further Study
Read Thoreau’s 1849 essay, ‘‘Civil Disobedience.’’ What are the circumstances in which Thoreau wrote this essay? What are the main points that he makes? Why do you think that Ellison chose to use the quote that he did to start ‘‘‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman?’’
Examine the adaptation of ‘‘‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman’’ by Ellison and Rick Berry as a graphic novel, looking particularly at the illustrations. How do the illustrations change or affect your reading of the story? What techniques does illustrator Berry bring to...
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