For “Death between the Stars,” please write about telepathy in your paragraph. What does telepathy teach in

this science fiction story? Why would people avoid a human telepath, and even more so an alien telepath?

Analyze Helen’s struggles to help Haalvordhen while fighting her revulsion of the telepathic touch. What seems

to be the cause of the regulations, segregation and anti-discrimination laws in this story where there is a lot of

human-alien interaction? At the end of the story, another Theradin comments that he should commit suicide

near the captain. Why?

Please submit your two paragraphs for Week Five Distance Learning to turnitin.com in one document. There

are two stories this week. “’Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” is next.

Sample Paragraph: (Mrs. Johnson’s response to a short story we are not going to read)

In Stanley Weinbaum’s short story “The Mad Moon,” Grant Calthorpe has many frustrating

and unpleasant encounters with an alien species on Jupiter’s moon Io. They are called “loonies”

simply because they act like lunatics or idiots, even killing themselves for seemingly no reason.

“…After twisting his ridiculous blue face in an imbecilic grin… voiced a last wild giggle and dashed

his head against a glittering stone-bark tree.” (page 98) Upon the discovery of an ancient ruined

city, Grant changes his mind about the loonies. They once must have been a great civilization. He

assumes that they somehow lost their intelligence over generations, but that perhaps traces of their

great past are still within the loonies. He begins to treat them with much more kindness, patience

and respect. It could certainly be that the loonies just have a completely different way of living,

alien to human beings. It is pretty selfish of humans exploring the universe to judge and weigh

other species against human standards. Perhaps the loonies think humans are morons! It is nice to

see the main character showing this alien species some respect by the end of the story. After all, he

is a guest on Io, but it would be great if humans could set aside their labels and judgments,

especially in the exploration of space. (12 sentences, 219 words, 1 quote)

Each paragraph is worth 15 points in the gradebook Intro/Thesis 3 points Title & Author of story 1 point Examples & Analysis 6 points At least one quote 2 points Conclusion 3 points

Harlan Ellison was an outspoken, grumpy, prolific science fiction author. He passed in 2018. He worked on

science fiction television shows such as Babylon 5 and wrote one of the most famous Star Trek original series

episodes, “The City on the Edge of Forever.” This story, “’Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman,” is one of

my favorites. If you have any jellybeans around, snack on them while you’re reading this story!

Please don’t copy a classmate’s idea for your paragraph.

For “’Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman,” determine what you see as the overarching message of the

story. What is the moral or the lesson? Make the message the thesis of your paragraph, and then prove it using

examples from & analysis of the story. Your concluding commentary should apply the message of the story to

the real world. How does this story reflect today’s society?

Please submit your two paragraphs for Week Five Distance Learning to turnitin.com in one document. This was

the second story.

Sample Paragraph: (Mrs. Johnson’s response to a short story we are not going to read)

In Stanley Weinbaum’s short story “The Mad Moon,” Grant Calthorpe has many frustrating

and unpleasant encounters with an alien species on Jupiter’s moon Io. They are called “loonies”

simply because they act like lunatics or idiots, even killing themselves for seemingly no reason.

“…After twisting his ridiculous blue face in an imbecilic grin… voiced a last wild giggle and dashed

his head against a glittering stone-bark tree.” (page 98) Upon the discovery of an ancient ruined

city, Grant changes his mind about the loonies. They once must have been a great civilization. He

assumes that they somehow lost their intelligence over generations, but that perhaps traces of their

great past are still within the loonies. He begins to treat them with much more kindness, patience

and respect. It could certainly be that the loonies just have a completely different way of living,

alien to human beings. It is pretty selfish of humans exploring the universe to judge and weigh

other species against human standards. Perhaps the loonies think humans are morons! It is nice to

see the main character showing this alien species some respect by the end of the story. After all, he

is a guest on Io, but it would be great if humans could set aside their labels and judgments,

especially in the exploration of space. (12 sentences, 219 words, 1 quote)

Each paragraph is worth 15 points in the gradebook Intro/Thesis 3 points Title & Author of story 1 point Examples & Analysis 6 points At least one quote 2 points Conclusion 3 points