Technology In Ray Bradbury's The Pedestrian

In Ray Bradbury’s The Pedestrian, technology is disconnecting humans from nature and going outside. Youtube is the third most used website in the world, with being a huge website Youtube users watch 51 years worth of videos in one day, this equals 60 billion hours in one month. 1 out of 7 people in this world use YouTube, and out of that 81.9% of teens of the age 14-17 years use YouTube. With this many young teens using all of their time on the internet, they are not going outside. Teens need to go outside to stay fit and to experience the beautiful world that was given by God. Technology has split this world into to those that heavily use technology and the internet, then there are those that use their time wisely. This is not saying that going on the internet is a bad thing but heavy use could cause health risks. Humans have a limited amount of time in this world and humans have to treasure every single second because at any moment it could be …show more content…
Interpellation can be seen in many scenes in the world, such as bullying, extroverts versus introverts. 74 percent of bullies have or are being bullied themselves, the reason they bully is so that others can feel their pain. When parents or teachers stop others bullying, though the right thing to do, hurts the bully because they do not know the bully’s past and is blindly stereotyping the bully. This same situation can be seen when introverts and extroverts talk. Extroverts are always out going, while introverts keep everything bottled up to themselves. So when extroverts push introverts to do something it might be offensive because that person is bringing them out of their comfort zone and might be going through a depression or might not have a great social life or communication skills. Introverts most likely will turn to the Internet to relieve stress or get through what is happening what is happening in their