At the start, Mr. Mead spots the light from the car and is “stunned by the illumination, and then drawn toward it.” (2). This reveals that the townspeople aren’t used to such magnificent light. Even though it is unfamiliar, Leonard is still curious and approaches it because he hasn’t lost his sense of adventure that the other citizens have surely forgotten because of the viewing screens. Later, the voice is said to be “metallic” (2). This vehicle, although not human, is meant to have a person in it. When it is described as being metallic it gives the reader a sense of inhumanity in a normally human event. Thus, further causing them to believe it is a desolate world that Leonard lives
At the start, Mr. Mead spots the light from the car and is “stunned by the illumination, and then drawn toward it.” (2). This reveals that the townspeople aren’t used to such magnificent light. Even though it is unfamiliar, Leonard is still curious and approaches it because he hasn’t lost his sense of adventure that the other citizens have surely forgotten because of the viewing screens. Later, the voice is said to be “metallic” (2). This vehicle, although not human, is meant to have a person in it. When it is described as being metallic it gives the reader a sense of inhumanity in a normally human event. Thus, further causing them to believe it is a desolate world that Leonard lives