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"The Pedestrian" was written by Ray Bradbury - He offers a very disturbing image of the future in which the story is set.
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"The Pedestrian" was written by Ray Bradbury. He offers a very disturbing image of the future in which the story is set. The story begins on a cold November night - "there was a good crystal frost in the air." Leonard Mead goes out for a walk as he had done for many years. As he walks by the "tomb like buildings" he mocks the people inside; "what's up tonight on channel four, channel seven, channel nine?" Ray Bradbury seems to imply that in the future people didn't do anything besides sitting in watching television. Mr. Mead claims that in all the years he has been out walking he has never seen anyone else. However this night was an exception. Mead is approached by a police car, the only one left in the city. The car has no driver and speaks in a "metallic" voice. The car doesn't understand why Mr. Mead...
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