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Summary Of Repent, Harlequin Said The Ticktockman
In "Repent, Harlequin!’Said The Ticktockman'" the main character "Harlequin" is described as "a personality, something they had filtered out of the system many decades before", meaning that Harlequin was the last person with his own individual personality, while the rest of the population had a shallow, meaningless personality, like zombies. And Harlequin is enjoyed being the center of attention, he was clever, creative, and funny. He was smart enough to obtain $150,000 worth of candy to have a bit of fun, to evade the Ticktockman so much time, but he wasn’t smart enough to think of a better way to approach the problem and get rid of the system. In addition, the Ticktockman is just a place that can be filled every certain time, so killing

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