The Pedestrian Ray Bradbury Character Analysis

“...he was alone in this world of A.D. 2053, or as good as alone…” The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury is a short story that focuses on the idea of how lonely it can be in a world of technology. Starting the story with Leonard Mead, the pedestrian, walking around the neighborhood and talking to the houses as if they were people not talking to the ghosts within the windows. During mid walk he ran into some trouble with the police leading him into being arrested for walking without a valid purpose. The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury portrays this idea of how lonely it can be in a world of technology by using metaphors, dialogue and symbolism.

Future society is an extremely unpredictable subject, because people all have different views on life. Charles G. Waugh author of the short story, “Long Way Home” tells a story about a caring father losing his son, due to the world's advanced technology. On the other hand in the short story, “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradley, individuals are completely addicted to technology, allowing technology to over rule the world and take over people's minds. Although both stories show a possible outcome of the future, the more realistic future will most likely be “The Pedestrian”.

In any story authors use literary devices to impact the main idea and mood of the story. Ray Bradbury,famous for his works, uses many literary elements to impact his pieces. Devices help Bradbury develop the meaning. Developing the story, Bradbury uses many literary devices in “The Pedestrian.” Bradbury uses figurative language, setting, and symbolism to develop the idea the Mr. Mead dislikes technology.

These days, all everyone can think of is the latest gadgets and gizmos. Who has the best iPhone, tablet or Android. In society today people are considered outcasts if they have last year’s tech. In the short story “The Veldt”, Ray Bradbury uses satire to demonstrate that technology can be destructive if it’s not controlled.

In the short story “The Pedestrian” Ray Bradbury tells a story of Mr. Leonard Mead who is alone and isolated in newly innovated world of A.D. 2053. In this futuristic society Mr. Mead is no longer needed as a writer, so he then walks over uneven sidewalks for ten years capturing vivid images of the society he currently lives in which is strongly impacted by technology. Throughout the text, Ray Bradbury uses literary devices such as imagery, foreshadowing, and symbolism to reveal how societies may be strongly influenced by the new advances of technology.

In the modern world, we are increasingly categorized by our technological devices. Our cellphones, cars, and computers define our identities, rather than our bodies. We are losing the ability to amuse ourselves in the outside world. But it is our connection to nature, stripped of technology, which is essential to our individuality, not the programs we watch on television—or the appearance of our cellphones. Bradbury’s dystopian story provides a warning that is clearly not being heeded. Although we may have more technological

Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel for all ages, written by Ray Bradbury. The author crafted a society highly dependent on technologies such as cars, televisions and radios. In this city, the people lack creativity or knowledge because they chose to burn books instead of reading them, however, others like Montag who is a fireman, wants to read books. In this society, instead of stopping fires, firemen start them, they burn books. Montag's wife, Mildred, a TV addict, is highly dependent on technology and hates books. As the story progresses Montag learns that he doesn’t love Mildred and questions if he ever did. In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury indirectly characterizes Mildred’s actions to communicate that technology destroys relationships by

Do you think that living in a technical world would destroy society? Well, in Bradbury's novel, Fahrenheit 451, technology is very advanced and seems to get people's attention. "You're not important. You're not anything" (Bradbury 163). Fahrenheit 451 is explained as a dystopian literature. Such literature portrays an imaginary world where misguided attempts to create a utopia, or a socially and politically perfect place, results in “large scale human misery." (Critique by Michael M. Levy) This quote makes you realize that technology is taking over humans and the world has to do something about it. By creating an “utopia”, Fahrenheit 451 requires the government to take away citizen’s rights and freedoms to create the perfect society.

Through several years of technological advancements, we have become more associated and reliant on technology. In the short story “The Veldt”, Ray Bradbury describes two characters, Peter and Wendy, who are overindulged with material goods which causes them to lose their morals in life. An addiction to technology will cause relationships to disintegrate as one persistently attempts to secure technology for their own selfish fulfillment.

What if one-day technology becomes too enormous and popular that it can manipulate the human and turns the world into its own? What if technology becomes too mainstream that it can turn the human into its own slave? In the novel Fahrenheit 451, the story takes place in a society where people is a slave to the technology and literature is on the extinction. Ray Bradbury, the author of this book, wanted to warn the reader through this book is that technology is beginning to take over the human and weaken communication. He uses his book as a way to allude the importance of literature and how it’s an essential factor to the society.

“As cities grow and technology takes over the world, belief and imagination fade away, and so do we”(Julie Kagawa). While technology spreads and completely takes over one’s life, the electronic wave cannot be tamed. Once society fails to take control of their lives over technology, they lose contact with our loved ones and reality, as well as the ability to think for one’s self. In the dystopian world from Fahrenheit 451 technology is found everywhere, and the people highly depend on it to do hard work for them or for entertainment purposes. Bradbury illustrates a society that has lost the ability to enjoy life without technology through a variety of characters that rely on unnatural and modern objects to fill the void of an emotionless society.

Ray Bradbury’s “The Pedestrian” motivates the reader to envisage what our future may be like if we continue going down the path we’re on. The short story is a science-fiction narrative set in a dystopian society in November of 2052. The main character, Leonard Mead, is a writer and takes walks during his down time, unlike the other brain-dead, conformed individuals of his dystopian city, who seem to have their eyes glued to their “viewing screens.” Leonard is a free spirit, unconfined by television, modern technology, or his oppressive government. The progression of technology is dangerous because it leads to us being subject to it, or controlling us, and reprehends our humanity while eliminating the necessity of individuality-leading to conformity and a certain lack of knowledge of the real world.

Bradbury uses similes to convey imagery in The Pedestrian: explaining the bitterness of the air due to the chilly air, comparing a highway to a stream, and using his shadow to the shadow of a hawk. First, he uses a simile to help the reader visualize the chilly weather by comparing the inside of his lungs to the “blaze of a Christmas tree”. This means that his lungs are burning because of the bitter air. This helps us visualize the frigid temperatures of the night which helps us get a sense of the time of year this story takes place: winter. Secondly, he uses a simile to help us visualize how empty the highways are by comparing a highway to an empty stream saying that the highways “ were like streams in a dry season, all stone and bed and moon

In both “The Pedestrian”, by Ray Bradbury, and “Harrison Bergeron”, by Kurt Vonnegut jr, citizens are controlled by technology. In this essay I will be talking about how technology has destroyed their societies. In both The Pedestrian and Harrison Bergeron their society has everyone do the same thing all the time that they cannot do anything different and is against the law. For example, in The Pedestrian the most simplest things such as walking can get you arrested because it’s not normal.

have clearly come to light in modern society. This is due to the ongoing abuse and manipulation