The Pedestrian By Ray Bradbury Analysis

Register to read the introduction… The citizens have lost all privileges and must now be inside watching the television by eight o’clock. With the citizens being brainwashed by the senseless T.V. shows, technology is forced to take human jobs and complete them. Gloomy and dead nights become more and more often as the citizens watch T.V. Leonard Mead is an outcast because he is not inside allowing the televisions to brainwash him. He is outside enjoying the fresh air. Mr. Mead takes long night walks expecting to not seeing anyone because they are all inside their dark homes watching T.V. “He was within a block of his destination when the lone car turned a corner quite suddenly and flashed a fierce white cone of light upon him” (Bradbury 147). The lone car was a police car and it was not inhabited by a human, it too was robotic. This shows that technology is even occupying jobs that should be required for a human to do. This ultimately shows that humans will have no reason to inhabit the planet because they have no purpose in …show more content…
“... to step over grassy seems and make your way, hands in pockets, through the silences, that was what Mr. Leonard Mead most dearly loved to do” (Bradbury 173). This shows that everyone is inside their houses and technology is doing the necessary tasks and not doing anything to make the city look good. There is no one to make the city look good for because everyone is inside watching T.V. With every human inside, there is suddenly no reason to keep the city looking good for anyone. “‘Here.’ There was a sigh, a pop. The back door sprang wide. ‘Get in.’” (Golding 176). The author said this because it is showing that Mr. Mead’s actions were not normal and caused him to go away in a police car because he was not watching T.V. like every other citizen. Mr. Mead did not stay inside and allow the T.V. to brainwash him, which lead to his