The Road not taken

LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH THE PEDESTRIAN

The real world feels just like the story "The Pedestrian" by Bradbury. The story is about a man who takes a walk in the city, where no one ever goes out, the streets being empty, people staying in their homes with the lights being off, and watching Tv. This man likes to feel the fresh air, and see everything outside his home. The story is basically about a lonely guy in a lonely looking city even though there are people, just in their homes all the time. This feels just like the real world because some people don't even go out, they just stay at home on their phones. People also have a hard time communicating because they mostly communicate through online. some people might even relate to the character.   The character has so much different feelings , humanity in that city to me doesn't look like it even exists.  The whole theme of this story is just basically how someone can feel so alone, knowing that all those people he is surround by are locked up in their houses. There is like no sign of communication, everyone in that city is like antisocial. 

        The tone of the story is sorrowful, I believe the author wrote the story sorrowful because he probably felt alone too. Bradbury probably also felt judge by others, or related to the character some way to make him want to write it. The way he put so much feelings into the character, and the way he described the place is probably how he felt or saw the world. Many people feel lonely in this world, how no one likes them, how everything can be so lonely. Everything can be seen in a different perspective. So I feel like Bradbury must have seen or felt this way. The world can be lonely to a lot of people. The story to me felt sad, it felt like the character was unhappy in that world. 

       The character felt lonely, I mean he had nobody, he had no wife so he most likely had no children. He had no friends, because everyone is just locked up away in their houses just watching Tv. He was all alone in this world. He would walk the streets every night all alone. There was no one to talk to, it was an antisocial world. Leonard would wander around and let his mind wander off. He would take a walk to get some natural fresh air, and he would also just look around.  Leonard seemed very unhappy in that world with nobody by his side. Towards the end he felt judged just because he didn't have a wife. I don't think there was a chance for Leonard to get a wife because, everyone started staying in their house with their lights off, just watching a screen. So Leonard got left all alone.

    The plot of this story was just a quiet place, no one outside, and the streets being lonely. There were no cars roaming at night nor people walking outside. So Leonard goes for a walk until all of a sudden a cop car pops up. It was surprising to him because he hadn't seen a cop car out, there used to be 3 but then it got cut down to 1 because of the law change. The cop got out and asked him some questions, the cop asked for his name, address, what he was doing, and if he had a wife. Well he did not have a wife he was alone. Then all of a sudden the cop tells him to get in the car. The police was taking him to a Psychiatric Center for Research on Regressive Tendencies. I feel like the character felt judged at the moment, the cop had no right to take him without any reason.  But the cop did anyway, no matter what Leonard said he wouldn't be able to get out.

   Overall, Bradbury expressed everything through tone, characterization, and plot. This all showed what the author was thinking, feeling, or been through. The way he said everything made the audience feel different things, and think. The author, Bradbury put so much perspective to it, he showed how the character saw things. This all sort of in a way relates to the real world, how one day the world can be like that.

LITERATURE ANALYSIS #2

The book I am reading now is called " The Latehomecomer" by  Kao Kalia Yang. My sister had been reading this book for her college English class, she had said it was interesting. I decided to also read this book too, like give it a try. This book is about a family who immigrated to a refugee camp. They had struggles there. The book is a bit confusing since its like a college book, but the parts I understand were very interesting.  I expected this book to be very boring but it is very interesting. The author focuses on the main character to show her perspective on the things she was going through. For example, it talks about how the character see's people. The protagonist is like flat, because she doesn't have a lot of drama with her. She was just an immigrant going through struggles while immigrating.  I have only read the first 20 pages, and so far that is what I got! I have not finished the book yet so I am not sure how I will feel about it towards the end.

VOCABULARY WE NEED

meme: a humorous image, video, piece of text, etc., that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by Internet users.













virus:

an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host.

Viral: relating to or involving an image, video, piece of information, etc., that is circulated rapidly and widely from one Internet user to another. 

INVESTING IN ME

After High school the way I will start fundraising for my life, is by getting a job, going to college. I would need to go to college to get my education and from there get a job. Hopefully a good paying one. I would need to settle in, in one spot first. I know after high school it might get tough because there is more responsibilities but that's why you have to have your things planned out.

HOW I READ

I learned a lot from the post " How I read" it made different perspective of my reading. I learned that  Amateurs comes from the Latin verb "love" because amateurs love what they do. I did not know that, I thought it was interesting. I also learned that in our English class technology means the tools we use. Something I absolutely did not know about was the phrase " Sapere Aude " means dare to be wise.  This post "How I read' was very interesting to me, I really liked it and felt like I learned a lot from it.

HAWTHORNE & POE ON DREAMS

In both the poem and the story Hawthorne makes us feel like we don't know whether we are dreaming or not. He tells us we see things, feel, and hear things, but it is all just a dream in a dream. He makes us think outside the box. We might never know if it's actually a dream. Like we sometimes say "oh do you remember when I told you.... oh wait never mind that was a dream" but was it really, was it really a dream you had or was it real life it's just that you both might not remember.  There might be a slight chance it was not. Our mind goes through so much stuff it might be confusing to think "was that a dream or did it actually happen" and we might never know because we don't remember. Hawthorne shows us a different perspective in the story, many people debate it was a dream or that it wasn't. Hawthorne see's the world different in the story. He explains to us how easily we can think something was not a dream. He leaves us hanging. In the poem he also explains the same thing, but a little more detailed.

My dream within a dream

https://youtu.be/rTkfYMc7qgM

edit: realized I forgot to say " yet if hope has flown away"