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ERIC Number: EJ070595
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1973
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"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman
Ellison, Harlan
Social Education, 37, 2, 145-150, Feb 73
Topic 8, Our Contemporary World: Problems and Issues, in a theme issue on Teaching World History Through Science Fiction, presents this short story to motivate discussion on dehumanization, resulting in a society where the single driving force is order and unity and promptness and clocklike precision. (JB)
Descriptors: Fantasy, Human Dignity, Humanization, Science Fiction, Secondary Education, Short Stories, Social Studies, Teaching Methods
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