As far back as we can remember, human interaction has been a key factor in the daily lives of anyone living on planet earth, but what happens when that is no longer the case? In a world engulfed by technology, this is becoming an all to possible reality; most of the time it seems as though everyone is constantly glued to a screen. In this case, the year is 2053 AD and the problem has progressed to the point where people no longer leave their houses. In the pedestrian, Ray Bradbury uses personification, metaphors and tone to give us a glimpse into the peculiar future we may be heading towards through the eyes of Mr. Mead. Throughout the story, Bradbury uses personification to give us a frightening look into our (possibly) doomed future. This is shown when the text reads, “ The car hesitated, or rather gave a faith whirring click, as if information somewhere was dropping card by punch-slotted card under electric eyes.” This evidence shows the author personifying a clearly non-living object; and by doing so, it's showing how there is so little human interaction at this age that Mr. Mead will treat an incapable vehicle with the
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We see this in the first paragraph where Leonard is thinking in elongated, thorough chains of complete thoughts, then while talking to the car, he gives short, prompt, few-word answers. When Mr. Mead is alone, he tends to think in long, drawn out ideas, giving almost “too much” detail. But when interaction comes, all of a sudden, he is giving short, vague answers almost like every word he says seems to linger. For example, when the text says,“Business or profession?’ ‘I guess you’d call me a writer.’ ‘No profession’ ... You might say that’”. Mr. mead reacts to being asked a simple question in an odd way, obviously having a complex answer to give, yet not giving it. This makes the tone sound vague and eerie, almost as if its
We see this in the first paragraph where Leonard is thinking in elongated, thorough chains of complete thoughts, then while talking to the car, he gives short, prompt, few-word answers. When Mr. Mead is alone, he tends to think in long, drawn out ideas, giving almost “too much” detail. But when interaction comes, all of a sudden, he is giving short, vague answers almost like every word he says seems to linger. For example, when the text says,“Business or profession?’ ‘I guess you’d call me a writer.’ ‘No profession’ ... You might say that’”. Mr. mead reacts to being asked a simple question in an odd way, obviously having a complex answer to give, yet not giving it. This makes the tone sound vague and eerie, almost as if its