The Pedestrian Ray Bradbury Analysis
The Pedestrian
Ray Bradbury
Source: Bradbury Short Stories 2003
In this story we follow the protagonist, a non-conformist individual through one of his everyday leisure’s and are shown how in a conformist society even the most harmless activity can and most likely will be punished by authority intent on imposing submission.
The story positions the reader to question the society Leonard Mead (the protagonist) lives in as the scenario’s he faces are unusual and different and in a sense cause the responder to evaluate their own life and their position in it. There are particular scenes in this story of unfair behavior and discriminative acts that cause the reaser to become, involved making personal judgments as well as getting them to make relations to their own life. Normally, we view the shared values and behavior in a society as strength, creating belonging in the sense of a united society. However in this story the nature of the crime, and the severity of the punishment are so great that we are led to question and criticize the ideal. …show more content…
He does not wish to become a slave to technology as the rest of society does and is not concerned about what they possess and what he lacks creating a sense of individuality and happiness for Leonard Mead in his own little world. This is much like Skrzynecki’s poem “ Feliks Skrzynecki “ which is based upon the authors (Peter Skrzynecki) father Feliks Skrzynecki who is also not concerned about “keeping up with the Jones” because he to has found happiness in the social solitude of his own world in which he has created for himself.
He will do his own thing and embrace it just as Leonard Mead does in “The
Ray Bradbury
Source: Bradbury Short Stories 2003
In this story we follow the protagonist, a non-conformist individual through one of his everyday leisure’s and are shown how in a conformist society even the most harmless activity can and most likely will be punished by authority intent on imposing submission.
The story positions the reader to question the society Leonard Mead (the protagonist) lives in as the scenario’s he faces are unusual and different and in a sense cause the responder to evaluate their own life and their position in it. There are particular scenes in this story of unfair behavior and discriminative acts that cause the reaser to become, involved making personal judgments as well as getting them to make relations to their own life. Normally, we view the shared values and behavior in a society as strength, creating belonging in the sense of a united society. However in this story the nature of the crime, and the severity of the punishment are so great that we are led to question and criticize the ideal. …show more content…
He does not wish to become a slave to technology as the rest of society does and is not concerned about what they possess and what he lacks creating a sense of individuality and happiness for Leonard Mead in his own little world. This is much like Skrzynecki’s poem “ Feliks Skrzynecki “ which is based upon the authors (Peter Skrzynecki) father Feliks Skrzynecki who is also not concerned about “keeping up with the Jones” because he to has found happiness in the social solitude of his own world in which he has created for himself.
He will do his own thing and embrace it just as Leonard Mead does in “The