Francesca Scarpetti
Mrs. Hampel
Modern Classics
16, Feb. 2017
The Points of View between The Flying Machine and The Pedestrian The Flying Machine and The Pedestrian are different stories with different point of views. The flying machine is a story about how the Emperor of China found out about a man who had found a way to fly. At first he did not believe it, but when he saw it with his own eyes, he was alarmed. He did not want anyone else to find out about this kind of technology, especially if it ended up in the wrong hands. Considering that this technology will end up in the wrong hands at some point the Emperor decided that it was best if he killed the inventor of the flying machine. The pedestrian is a story about how a man in the year …show more content…
In the first couple paragraphs of the short story you can see that Ray Bradbury shows the emotions of Leonard Mead, “If he closed his eyes and stood very still, frozen, he could imagine himself upon the center of a plain,” in this quote from the text you can see that the narrator is effectively showing what Mr. Mead is thinking and feeling. “Everything went on in the tomblike houses at night now, he thought, continuing his fancy,” in this quote you can also see that Ray Bradbury is showing the thoughts of the main character and is supporting the idea that the point of view of The Pedestrian is third person limited. The point of view of The Flying Machine is third person objective because we never know the emotions of any of the characters. “That wonderful wall which had protected them for a timeless time from enemy hordes and had preserved the peace for years without number,” in this quote from the story, it comes close to emotion, but the word “wonderful” in the sentence is only an adjective that describes the wall and doesn’t show the emotions of the …show more content…
Due to this the conflict in The Pedestrian is man versus society. This is because when Mr. Mead walks alone at night, to his perspective, it is perfectly normal and a good source of exercise, but to the society around him is is regarded as a crime. When he is walking alone a police car drives up to him and asks a series of personal questions, including if he is married, if he owns a television and why he is walking at night. When he answers all of the questions, to the police car it is seen as weird or regressive. “To the center for Research on regressive tendencies,” this quote is the police car telling Mr. Mead where the police car will send him. This implies that in 2053 walking alone at night is viewed as regressive and is viewed as a
Mrs. Hampel
Modern Classics
16, Feb. 2017
The Points of View between The Flying Machine and The Pedestrian The Flying Machine and The Pedestrian are different stories with different point of views. The flying machine is a story about how the Emperor of China found out about a man who had found a way to fly. At first he did not believe it, but when he saw it with his own eyes, he was alarmed. He did not want anyone else to find out about this kind of technology, especially if it ended up in the wrong hands. Considering that this technology will end up in the wrong hands at some point the Emperor decided that it was best if he killed the inventor of the flying machine. The pedestrian is a story about how a man in the year …show more content…
In the first couple paragraphs of the short story you can see that Ray Bradbury shows the emotions of Leonard Mead, “If he closed his eyes and stood very still, frozen, he could imagine himself upon the center of a plain,” in this quote from the text you can see that the narrator is effectively showing what Mr. Mead is thinking and feeling. “Everything went on in the tomblike houses at night now, he thought, continuing his fancy,” in this quote you can also see that Ray Bradbury is showing the thoughts of the main character and is supporting the idea that the point of view of The Pedestrian is third person limited. The point of view of The Flying Machine is third person objective because we never know the emotions of any of the characters. “That wonderful wall which had protected them for a timeless time from enemy hordes and had preserved the peace for years without number,” in this quote from the story, it comes close to emotion, but the word “wonderful” in the sentence is only an adjective that describes the wall and doesn’t show the emotions of the …show more content…
Due to this the conflict in The Pedestrian is man versus society. This is because when Mr. Mead walks alone at night, to his perspective, it is perfectly normal and a good source of exercise, but to the society around him is is regarded as a crime. When he is walking alone a police car drives up to him and asks a series of personal questions, including if he is married, if he owns a television and why he is walking at night. When he answers all of the questions, to the police car it is seen as weird or regressive. “To the center for Research on regressive tendencies,” this quote is the police car telling Mr. Mead where the police car will send him. This implies that in 2053 walking alone at night is viewed as regressive and is viewed as a