Theme Of Self Expression In The Pedestrian

Similarly, in the short story “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury the author develops the theme Individual self-expression is significant due to the fact that, the main character gets arrested for being different, and expressing himself. “Get in… Wait a minute, I haven't done anything!” (Bradbury 100). Mr.Mead was taking a walk just as any other day at night, however one night he was stopped by a police car for the reason being, that he expressed himself by doing something different than the rest of the population. Seeing that, Mead was told to get in the car for taking a walk, and expressing himself, is absurd because he didn't do any harm. “To the Psychiatric Center for Research on Regressive Tendencies” (Bradbury 100). Mr.Mead expressed himself by taking walks at night, for the reason being, is that he thought that his society was corrupted by television, and he wanted to be different. It was important that Mead expressed …show more content…
“Nobody listens any more. I can't talk to the walls because they're yelling at me” (Bradbury 84). Montag is seeking help from a man named Faber because, he is having trouble expressing himself. He is having trouble expressing himself because, he is having a hard time deciding whether what he is doing right or wrong, and whether burning books good or bad, and no one would listen to his opinions because they are all caught up in technology. “A time to keep silence, and a time to speak... but what else?" (Bradbury 167). Montag finally got to express what he thought about books, and made the right choice. By expressing himself, it led him to accomplishment of his goal to stop the burning of the books, and try to restore his society. Self-expression made a significant role in this novel due to the fact that, it helped the character achieve his goal, and solve many problems in his