let me walk you through the pedestrian
If we look up from our devices for just one second and just observe our surroundings, we could either have the right to be shocked, or even ask in confusion "what.?" and immediately go back to our devices making sure we didn't miss out anything super important in those point something seconds. While some might see it as totally normal, others might finally realize that everywhere we see, everybody is distracted by some sort of electronic device. We see the people on streets if there are any, walking with earbuds jammed in their ears blasting music not caring if they could hear anything, else. Looking down on their phones only looking up to press the button that allows them to walk to the other side safely. We see all the drivers in their cars some of them looking down once in a while, others straight looking down for a couple of seconds at a time not caring about others people safety much less pedestrians who are also unaware of what is happening.
Although is might sound sad, it is happening. And it's happening right this instant, as we blink millions of people are on their electronics and that's are they care about.
Ray Bradbury was walking one quiet night, minding his own business when a cop stops him. For no reason. He got mad at this and goes home to write "The Pedestrian". He uses the plot, tone, and characters to carefully put a story together that we could clearly understand and visualize. When he wrote this story in the 1990 he wrote is as if the setting had taken place in 2050. What is truly amazing is the way he foreshadowed everything to what is now our present, he mentions televisions, lonely streets, and police cars. When he wrote the story in the 90's, it might have made someone think that Bradbury was crazy, because it is just unbelievable that he imagined such things when the advanced technology didn't exist.
He first starts off by describing with clear detail of how his day went down one day, when a policeman in a police car stopped him. He explains this with great detail, so that we could clearly visualize and understand that is going on in the story. Bradbury portrays how the character feels when the policeman asks him every question, by doing this, we feel the connection between the character and the policeman. He sets the setting in a city during November, in the night time when everything seems "dead", everyone is inside entertained by electronics. Everybody is inside, making taking a simple walk at night suspicions, because why would anybody be outside during the night time when they could be warm in their homes, with entertainment for hours.
When he writes, he uses a mysterious yet relieving tone. He explains everything so that with each sentence, we know what exactly is going on. This makes us feel connected to him, thus getting his attention and us giving him our attention . He delineates the streets as empty and lonely and we could almost we could feel the loneliness creeping through the air. He gives the sense of how the community and the atmosphere is like, which is nothing compared to the time when he wrote this story. His tone also portrays a gloomy vibe, when he describes everything as lonely and sad, as if he knew that his imagined future was gonna become a reality.
When Bradbury introduces the character, Mr. Leonard Mead, he uses his life personal life events as characteristics, for a character, and to give us a better understanding of what the characters are like. By giving us pieces of his personal life, we feel more connected to him and it makes us value the characters more. The policemen, for example are shown as ignorant just like they are described now in our present society. Mr Leonard Mead gets pulled over for no reason, and is immediately attacked, not physically, but acted upon as if he was a criminal. 'Your hands up! Or we'll shoot!', is what the officer said not knowing anything about the man. Nowadays, police officers are always around and seen as racists, immediately attacking people of color.
We can clearly see how how much Bradbury cares about not only his writing, but how we understand and connect to it. He carefully delineates the character, and even uses his personal life in this writings, so that we feel more connected to him and the characters. He uses the plot tone and characters strategically, that we can see that he cares deeply of our understatement, and is letting us get a snippet his own personal life.
Although is might sound sad, it is happening. And it's happening right this instant, as we blink millions of people are on their electronics and that's are they care about.
Ray Bradbury was walking one quiet night, minding his own business when a cop stops him. For no reason. He got mad at this and goes home to write "The Pedestrian". He uses the plot, tone, and characters to carefully put a story together that we could clearly understand and visualize. When he wrote this story in the 1990 he wrote is as if the setting had taken place in 2050. What is truly amazing is the way he foreshadowed everything to what is now our present, he mentions televisions, lonely streets, and police cars. When he wrote the story in the 90's, it might have made someone think that Bradbury was crazy, because it is just unbelievable that he imagined such things when the advanced technology didn't exist.
He first starts off by describing with clear detail of how his day went down one day, when a policeman in a police car stopped him. He explains this with great detail, so that we could clearly visualize and understand that is going on in the story. Bradbury portrays how the character feels when the policeman asks him every question, by doing this, we feel the connection between the character and the policeman. He sets the setting in a city during November, in the night time when everything seems "dead", everyone is inside entertained by electronics. Everybody is inside, making taking a simple walk at night suspicions, because why would anybody be outside during the night time when they could be warm in their homes, with entertainment for hours.
When he writes, he uses a mysterious yet relieving tone. He explains everything so that with each sentence, we know what exactly is going on. This makes us feel connected to him, thus getting his attention and us giving him our attention . He delineates the streets as empty and lonely and we could almost we could feel the loneliness creeping through the air. He gives the sense of how the community and the atmosphere is like, which is nothing compared to the time when he wrote this story. His tone also portrays a gloomy vibe, when he describes everything as lonely and sad, as if he knew that his imagined future was gonna become a reality.
When Bradbury introduces the character, Mr. Leonard Mead, he uses his life personal life events as characteristics, for a character, and to give us a better understanding of what the characters are like. By giving us pieces of his personal life, we feel more connected to him and it makes us value the characters more. The policemen, for example are shown as ignorant just like they are described now in our present society. Mr Leonard Mead gets pulled over for no reason, and is immediately attacked, not physically, but acted upon as if he was a criminal. 'Your hands up! Or we'll shoot!', is what the officer said not knowing anything about the man. Nowadays, police officers are always around and seen as racists, immediately attacking people of color.
We can clearly see how how much Bradbury cares about not only his writing, but how we understand and connect to it. He carefully delineates the character, and even uses his personal life in this writings, so that we feel more connected to him and the characters. He uses the plot tone and characters strategically, that we can see that he cares deeply of our understatement, and is letting us get a snippet his own personal life.
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