The Pedestrian And Us

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Did you know that thinking allows human to make sense or, interpret, represent or model the world they experience, and to make predictions about the world.Well in the two stories “Us and Them” and “The Pedestrian,” the character’s thoughts and actions reveal aspects of his personality. In “Us and Them” the author writes the story based on his own experience during his childhood. It talks about how everybody has a T.V besides that one family who is very behind. Next in “The Pedestrian” it talks about a guy named Mead and he is a person who is just like Mr. Tomkey from “Us and Then” who doesn’t believe in television and doesn’t watches it. In both stories, the character’s actions reveal and express its personality. In the “

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