Ray Bradbury The Pedestrian Analysis

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Cory 1 Cory Fishburn Mrs. Britain English II H 25 August 2017 Taken From A Different World Ray Bradbury has shown his idea of how technology is in the future in "The Pedestrian." As told in this story a once popular past time is seen as different, and mentally insane. As seen on paragraph 12, line 9, “’What are you doing out?’ ‘Walking.’ Said Leonard Mead ‘Walking!’” In the caption Mr. Mead is stopped by one of few law enforcments and deemed to be insane and disrupting the public. He isn’t even see as a fellow human because his “Practices” are abnormal from the other people. His behavior opposes what the government wants and they decide he isn’t worth being a functioning human. The story also shows a weird take on programming and progression.

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