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What is the theme in bradbury's "the pedestrian"
Summary of the pedestrian by ray bradbury
Summary of the pedestrian by ray bradbury
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The mood in “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury is, Eeriness. Illustrating this, firstly, is the quote “The street was silent, long and empty with only his shadow.” (Page 1, Line 31-32). It exhibits the mood by the eccentricity of the situation. The streets of a crowded town are empty at 8:30 at night; they are noiseless with no people to be seen. As a result of the oddity of the situation, the mood is Eerie. Secondly, in addition to the first quote, there are several lines illustrating the mood. A representation of this is the excerpt from page 3 lines 19-21, “Leaving the empty streets with the empty side-walks, and no sound and no motion all the rest of the chill November night.” This line is an exceptional example of the mood for several reasons.
While walking downtown with her girlfriend, the author describes as, “[her] heart began to skip every other beat, pounding, pounding, pounding … [as she stood] paralyzed like a frightened, little jackrabbit.” Repetition of the word “pounding” in the text develops a fast pace, indicating the urgency and panic felt by the author; terms such as paralyzed are utilized to emphasize the urgent, panicked mood. However, sanguine moods still persist throughout the narrative. For example, in the opening paragraph the author describes how she, “watch[ed] the golden dots of morning light glide across [her] ceiling, [and she] melted into a feeling of peace specific to the freedom of early summer.” Terms such as “golden,” “glide,” “peace,” and “early summer” help the reader detect a placid mood in the text, directing the reader towards the state of contentment the author feels surrounding her relationship. Mood differentiations in the text, from the urgency of the narrator’s walk downtown to the tranquil peace of the narrator’s relationship, indicate the contrasting aspects of the LGBT+ community, both in terms of the impending fear of violence, and the love that is the
For example, Frankenstein and “The World Is Too Much with us” by William Wordsworth but show a depressing mood almost. In Frankenstein there is a depressing tone when Frankenstein’s creation did not turn out the way he wanted it to. For example he touched on this by saying, “my sleep with horror, cold dew covered my forehead, my teeth chattered” (chapter five). Therefore, by saying all of his physical contributes with the creation of the monster shows how he is living in fear and creates and depressing mood. Similarly, in “The World is too much with us” it can be seen to how there is a depressing tone by saying the humans are taking to much from nature. Wordsworth shows how how we are greedy by saying, “we have given our hearts away” (line four). By saying, “hearts away,” it is almost imagining as if our souls were taken from us and we betrayed all of our manners. Which is similar to Frankenstein having his soul and pride being taken away after creating the monster, in that case both create a depressing mood. However, Frankenstein can also be seen different to other romantic pieces, such as “My heart leaps up when I behold”, by Wordsworth. The setting within both create different images. Within Frankenstein it is very difficult to create a peaceful setting within due his gory descriptions. For example, within the piece he talks about his experiences in a morgue and how creepy it is, by saying, “man degraded and wasted” (chapter five). Which allows you to to imagine the bodies ruined and destroyed and wrecked. However, in “My heart leaps up when I behold”, the setting that is described is glorified and happy, just by saying, “A rainbow in the sky” (line 2). Just by imagining a rainbow in the sky, it allows for their to be a peaceful image, unlike the thought of dead bodies. Another key difference from these poems is the
The main character of "The Street" is strong and determined and acquiring what she needs. This is seen when she says; "if it said two-why, there wasn't any point," (Petry 3). This is proof of her determination/persistence, because she needs exactly what she needs anything less won't work. Next, we see that because of her persistence, she is given a chance to overcome her obstacle which in this case is the wind. This is shown with this quote; "The wind held it still for an instant in front of her," (Petry 3). Finally, we see that the setting plays a part in her struggle. This is shown in this quote; "There was a cold November wind," (Petry 1). This quote does well to illustrate the setting, as well as allude to the fact that because it is a cold wind it will be that much more troublesome to face. Between the struggle of facing the cold wind and her actions, once again the theme is
In the play “The Hitchhiker” by Lucille Fletcher it describes the journey of a man who is travelling to California. As Ronald Adams sets out on his drive he crosses the Brooklyn Bridge. While crossing the Brooklyn Bridge he sees in man leaning against cables. He proceeds to continue to see this man on his journey to California. The author use tone in the story to make the character appear paranoid,frantic,and scared which appeals to the horror within the story.
In short stories, atmosphere is a dominant feeling that goes throughout or partially through a literary work conveyed by an author’s use of literary devices. Some of these literary devices could be language, imagery, physical setting, diction, irony, themes and more. In Arthur C. Clarke’s “The Star” and Ursula Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas,” the reader is given a glimpse into the world of discovery and the atmosphere around it as people go through revelations in their lives. Through the authors use of irony, narration, and themes, it becomes clear to the reader the atmosphere of the stories.
As the man in the poem continues his journey, he takes time to notice things in detail. This I believe is a way of cherishing what you might not see again. This also shows us that he cares about the community to notice the little things one last time. For example Edward Field describes the "magnolia trees with dying flowers" and the "bright spring day" (qtd. in Schwiebert 41). The man even picked up the local newspaper before he left, this shows that he cares what is going on in the town and feels enough apart of the community to find out what is in the newspaper that day.
All of his stories have a trend of darkness and fearfulness. In “Masque of the Red Death” the Prince and his 1000 friends were hiding from the red death. The people were terrified to get this disease, “There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution”. In the poem “Alone” the mood is shown in the lines “My sorrow -- I could not awaken” and “My heart to joy at the same tone – “. He was never accepted, making him fear that he will forever be alone. In “The Fall of the House of Usher” the mood shares similar qualities with its setting, “During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day…”. In “Cask of Amontillado” the mood is expressed when they enter the catacombs “a low moaning cry from the depth of the recess”. The mood throughout all his stories are very similar and can be compared to the depressing events in Poe’s
What is the general feeling or mood of the book? Give specific examples of how the author creates that feeling or mood.
The literary choices in the short story, “The Pedestrian,” help convey the meaning to readers by using descriptive diction to set the tone of the story. As Mr. Mead, the protagonist, is taking his daily walk he notices the little things in life. This story is set in the future so it is foreshadowing what might happen to people’s lives. The diction that is used helps the reader understand the tone of the story.
The streets of London consist of various personalities and characters. Whether it is a mass of bustling high-end shops on Oxford Street, eclectic collection of music, art and food in Camden or simply hidden pathways consisting of independent coffee shops, book stores and boutiques in Soho, London is composed of multiple characters. Midnight In London was created to reflect these dynamic personalities, while demonstrating it doesn’t take much just a simple walk or turn of the corner to experience these atmospheres. However, midnight was selected for this project because time contains a powerful hold on not only how the environment changes, but also the ways in which a person experiences them. Midnight is a time I find quite enticing. It is constructed
Poe uses mood to create suspense in the story “The Tell Tale Heart”. Poe creates a strange and creepy mood by telling the reader about the eye of the man that he murdered to get rid of his eye. “His eye was like the eye of a vulture, the eye of one of those terrible birds that watch and wait for while an animal dies, then fall upon the dead body and pull it to pieces to eat it” (Poe 64). Poe wanted to get rid of the man’s eye forever. The narrator felt the only way to do that was to kill the man. The narrator ends up confessing what he has done to the police because he claims he can hear the heartbeat of the man that he killed. The way that Poe writes about about the man’s eye and the detail that he uses creates the mood of the story “The Tell Tale Heart” helps create suspense.
The poem "Acquainted with the night" by Robert Frost is about a man who is walking through a city at night. However, when analyzing the figurative language used in the poem,such as the extended metaphors and symbolism, it becomes dear that the poem is about the narrator's melacholy and sense of isolation. The narrator is aquainted with the darkness of the soul as much as the night. Frost also uses personification to show how the poem has a human ability.
First of all, Poe develops his suspenseful and eerie mood through his imagery. The setting of the story is in the catacombs of the Montresors at Montresor's palazzo. His description of the catacombs as Montresor and Fortunato walk past “walls of piled bones”(Poe 348) and notice the niter hanging “like moss”(Poe 348) in the vaults, gives the reader a very uneasy feeling. When Poe describes a deep crypt with walls that were “lined with human remains”(Poe 348), It makes you wonder what will be ahead of them, or what will be coming up as they descend deeper into the catacombs. As they arrive at a deep crypt Poe describes how the air smelled, which made Montresor and Fortunato’s torches “rather to glow than to flame.”(Poe 348) What makes the mood even eerier is when he says how the bones “lay promiscuously upon the earth”(Poe 349)How Poe gives details about the setting adds
London’s first attempt to create an alarming mood is when he describes the almost invisible trail and heavy snow the Yukon has experienced. London writes that “The trail was faint. A foot of snow had fallen since the last sled had passed over, and he was glad he was without a sled, travelling light” (23). The reader is first alarmed by the unseen trail that London explains occurred due to a heavy snowfall, which further alludes the reader to the dangers of this man’s travel and the alarming mood of the story. Furthermore, cold weather once again contributes to the setting when London describes the man’s body in the cold. Once the man’s body starts to shake and tremble, London claims that he is “losing the battle with the frost” (33). The setting of the cold and the frost has now caught up with the seemingly invincible man, creating an alarming and dangerous mood as he runs out of body heat and energy. The bitterly cold setting has now lead to an alarming mood due to the death of the man. Through his detailed use of setting, London can effectively convey an alarming
The first poem “Travelling through the dark” for instance, is sad since the writer could not save the deer and let it die under his watch. The second poem is also gloomy to a large extent since it talks about the rage of death due to the frail deeds of wild men.