Technology and Society Illustrated in Ray Bradbury's Pedestrian

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As technology continues to grow, the question is no longer how will technology take over . It is now that if technology should take over, citizens will be left with nothing. In “The Pedestrian”, Ray Bradbury uses the setting to dominantly portray the desolate and barren setting to show how lonely and deserted cities will be when technology controls the human population. Setting is the surroundings or environment of anything. The setting of a story can develop the tone, the truth, the atmosphere, the theme, and the foundation. Setting is the stronghold of any story.

The atmosphere is muffled and silent to show that no one dares to step foot outside at night. In the beginning of the story Leonard Mead walks down the barren city sidewalks. This shows that Leonard is the outcast by walking instead of doing the norm. The entire city’s other citizens are sitting inside their homes watching television proving that Leonard is an outcast for not performing the normal nightly activity, watching television. “‘Here.’ There was a sigh, a pop. The back door of the police car sprang wide. ‘Get i...

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