Analysis Of 'The Pedestrian'

In the short story, “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury, the author sets the tone for the story with word choice. The Author could add suspense or get a feeling of anxiety throughout the story with his choice of diction. He used “Sudden gray phantoms seemed to manifest” and “whisperings and murmurs where a window in a tomb-like building was still open.” in the first few paragraphs to add a chilling feeling and a sense of suspense. The author makes the narrator seem out-of-place like he is the black sheep of the world. When the police car and the narrator talk about walking the car asks “Have you done this often?” as if it was abnormal for someone to walk. Throughout the story, the author talks about how the narrator is alone to emphasis him being