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.
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