wasting our time
Wasting our time
Diagnostic Essay Victoria Johnston English 102 spring 2014
January 30, 2014 In society today, everyone is worried they do not have enough time. Humans think they do not have enough time because they convince themselves so. Most of us humans waste our time away doing nothing, or nothing productive when we could be doing new exciting things, getting things done and accomplished, so that everything you ever wanted to do could be done. We don’t push ourselves, and most humans are lazy and time consuming. In the future it will all change because someone will realize things need to get done and people need to appreciate time more.
In Harlan Ellison's "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" is a world that is controlled by the ticktockmman which has set strict schedules for everyone that they have no time to do what they want but only want the ticktockman wants them to do. If you are not on time, the ticktockman decides your fate. Expressing the idea that mankind constantly depends on order and punctuality, Ellison also reveals that chaos and disorder are bound to happen, perhaps necessary, even in a society so strictly dictated. I think this is relating to the real world by putting emphasis on “abusing time” because most humans are lazy or do not use all their time wisely when they could always be doing something better or more productive with their time instead they chose to waist it. In the future when robots take over they try to change the ways of the humans so we use our time more productively and if we don’t, then they show us that if you don’t chose to use your time wisely and waist it, then you do not serve a purpose and do not need to live anymore.
The government is being too strict in this short story. They only see the bad and not the good. They think that all humans are wasting time and it needs to be fixed. It is too drastic to have humans on schedules like especially that if they
Diagnostic Essay Victoria Johnston English 102 spring 2014
January 30, 2014 In society today, everyone is worried they do not have enough time. Humans think they do not have enough time because they convince themselves so. Most of us humans waste our time away doing nothing, or nothing productive when we could be doing new exciting things, getting things done and accomplished, so that everything you ever wanted to do could be done. We don’t push ourselves, and most humans are lazy and time consuming. In the future it will all change because someone will realize things need to get done and people need to appreciate time more.
In Harlan Ellison's "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" is a world that is controlled by the ticktockmman which has set strict schedules for everyone that they have no time to do what they want but only want the ticktockman wants them to do. If you are not on time, the ticktockman decides your fate. Expressing the idea that mankind constantly depends on order and punctuality, Ellison also reveals that chaos and disorder are bound to happen, perhaps necessary, even in a society so strictly dictated. I think this is relating to the real world by putting emphasis on “abusing time” because most humans are lazy or do not use all their time wisely when they could always be doing something better or more productive with their time instead they chose to waist it. In the future when robots take over they try to change the ways of the humans so we use our time more productively and if we don’t, then they show us that if you don’t chose to use your time wisely and waist it, then you do not serve a purpose and do not need to live anymore.
The government is being too strict in this short story. They only see the bad and not the good. They think that all humans are wasting time and it needs to be fixed. It is too drastic to have humans on schedules like especially that if they