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    The way people interact and who they interact with greatly influences how end up later in life. In “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury, he talks about Leonard Meads nightly activities when he says“on his way he would see the cottages and homes with their dark windows, and it was not unequal to walking through a graveyard where only the faintest glimmers of firefly light appeared”(Bradbury 1). This quote is illustrating the idea of how Leonard Mead’s lack of interaction with others and how he observes

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    Has mankind managed to progress in a positive way? In “The Pedestrian”, Ray Bradbury shared his opinion about the situation. Using characterization and imagery Bradbury shows that if the world advances to the point where people lose all humanity then the world might as well not exist, although his opinion may not be the opinion of all mankind it is logical and understood. Rays opinion about the future and forces the reader to consider the possible reality of it. The short story is a science fiction

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    o’clock of a misty evening in November. This quote is relevant to the story because it shows that Leonard was alone which shows that most of the city were at their how watching television. The theme chosen for the pedestrian is technology ruins society. In the short story, The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury the television is a symbol of control of the people, by having them stay there glued to the screens as if hypnotized to just obey and watch until the next day. Leonard the main protagonist, says

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    Pedestrian Detection in Surveillance Abstract Pedestrian detection is fragmented as there are numerous algorithms used in different research. This research aims to provide an overview to understand the current state of pedestrian detection as well as analyse the challenges, effectiveness, accuracy and cost benefit of different approaches used in surveillance and how current challenges are being tackled. Introduction Pedestrian detection is a key problem in computer vision. There are a number

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    The Pedestrian The PBS article, on film adaptation, discusses the difference between written text and film and the struggle of adapting a book into a movie. Statistically, 65 percent of all novels are adapted into a film. Stories and novels rely on the narrator to tell the story whereas, films don’t usually have a narrator. Films tend to be way shorter then a novel or story because one frame can be worth six pages of description. Films have a pro side and a con side, one con is that a film takes

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    Albert Einstein once said, “ I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.” In the story of The Pedestrian, written by Ray Bradbury, the main character Leonard Mead, feels alone in the world he lives in, which is run by technology. This is a prime example of how technology can take over a society. In this story personal interactions, and individuality is limited. Not only is personal interactions in this story is limited and rare

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    In The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury, Leonard Mead is ostracized for walking at night, to the extent of being arrested. This is symbolic of the ignoring and shunning and even the legal troubles that those who go against the main idea purported in society face. It is also symbolic of those that dare to be active thinkers in a passive thinking world. The powers in charge in Leonard Mead’s world believe that him walking every night could upset their social stability. In the short story, this takes the

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    "The Pedestrian" is an intriguing story that takes place in the future. Ray Bradbury captured the reality of things. This story shows how people start to be secluded from everything and everyone. The people in this story have no idea what is happening to them, but there is one person who does know and his name is Mr. Mead. This story shows many symbols to many different things. Characterization is shown and described many times throughout this story, and the setting has its own twist on it too. Mr

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    devices and techniques to further improve imagery, mood, setting and much more, "The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury is a short story that consists of a sane man in a community that explains his thoughts as he walks. Some thoughts include on how the main character is the only one who isn't addicted to electronics in his dystopian society. Using literary devices will improve the witters success on most anything. In "The Pedestrian," Bradbury uses literary devices and techniques of figurative language, setting

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    Ray Bradbury the author of the short story “The Pedestrian” purpose behind writing this unique story, was to show his audience the threat of technology and how in the future it may potentially take over our lives completely. In a city of 3 million people the crime rates have plummeted so dramatically that there is only one police car left. The author paints a picture of empty streets, dreary houses and dark windows with people stuck inside all night glued to their T.V screens. “It was not unequal

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