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Character Analysis: The Pedestrian By Ray Bradbury
In life, anyone who is different stands out. The year is 2053. In a city of 3 million with one police car, no one goes out and just walk anymore. Every house has a T.V. and no one buys books/magazines anymore. Throughout “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury, the main character Leonard Mead is an outcast within his city because of the way he lives. Leonard Mead’s house stands out. He doesn’t own a T.V., and in a dark city his house is brightly illuminated. When Mead was asked “And you have a viewing screen in your house to see with?”, Leonard replied with “No.”. Everybody in his city owns a T.V., and Leonard doesn’t. This makes him odd and “old-fashioned”. As Mead was being taken away to the psychiatric center, they passed a house that stood
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