If only we could all view the world as Ray Bradbury had done, perhaps it would be a less terrifying place. That is what I really love about Bradbury’s work: he continuously threw child’s logic at adult issues. His unpolluted arguments were so succinct that it really is impossible to dispute any of them. The type of words the author uses directly leads to the tone. Diction plays a critical role in the development of the tone in a story. This evening he walks west in the autumn cold. In the short story, The Pedestrian, Ray Bradbury uses diction to emphasize the morbid tone displayed throughout the story line and to emphasize the overall theme that technology can replace individualism. He wears sneakers so as not to alert dogs to his presence and thus alarm the homeowners, as they would look out and see a man walking. The homes he walks past are mostly dark and quiet. Leonard Mead loves taking long evening walks. To refrain from the norm, as Bradbury illustrates, is almost like having a psychological illness. Summary of 'The Pedestrian' It is November of the year 2053. This short story is about a peaceful man, walking by himself, who is picked up by the police and thrown in jail. Bradbury’s writing comes alive to the reader. These descriptive phrases of imagery provide vivid details that make the story easy to imagine, so real and visual. Why is it deemed strange to just go for a walk with no particular destination in mind? To be uninterested in television, families or ‘normal’ employment? The short story is a brilliant example of society’s collective fear of the outsider. Ray Bradbury’s The Pedestrian is filled repeatedly with imagery. Of course the conclusion to the story is typical Bradbury with its simplistic hyperbole and quaint surrealism, but never before have I been so drawn towards one of his unconcealed plot objectives. This officer is incredibly wary of Leonard and his aggressive questioning culminates in a swift arrest and a trip to the psychiatric centre. Where’s he going? Where’s he been? Is he married? Is he employed? What’s he doing? He doesn’t seem lonely or even that curious, he is simply taking a walk and drinking in his surroundings for no particular reason with no particular destination.īut then a police car pulls up beside him, demanding to know why he’s out alone. A string of houses, weathered grey or peeling gray. The tone isn’t particularly dreary as Leonard Mead, the wandering pedestrian, contentedly observes dozens of families in their natural habitat. For instance, the narrator describes the town as colorless and plain. He contemplates the people in their homes, all sat glued to their television sets night after night, their lives passing by as they watch shows and movies without really speaking or noticing one another. The Pedestrian features a lone man walking on a perfectly silent street.
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