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Leonard Mead The Pedestrian Analysis
Leonard Mead lived in a uncomplicated lifestyle of nightly wonders in the narrative, The Pedestrian, written by Ray Bradbury. Under the circumstance in 1952 with technology on the rise, Mr.Mead is awfully pessimistic with society during his diurnal evening walks; often, he is considered envious, mistakened by society, and happily self-reliant. Constantly, Leonard Mead envies those living in his community due to their lack of interest of reality. During one nightly walk, he makes a mockery of those co-dependant: “‘what is it now?’ He asked the houses noticing his wrist watch. ‘Eight thirty PM? Time for a dozen assorted murders? A quiz? A revue? Comedian falling off stage?’.. In ten years of walking by day or night,for thousand of miles,he

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