let me walk you through the pedestrian

     Ray Bradbury wrote "the pedestrian" after he had an incident with the cops. He was walking down a street when a cop pulled up and questioned his actions, he was arrested that night and when he went home he was furious, so he wrote. In his story he expressed what had happened to him and also threw in his thoughts on technology. He did this by using the character and tone in the story.

     Bradbury uses his tone to set a lonely, creepy sort of feeling when you read it. He does this by including that it was a misty evening in November. he also mentions he's "all alone in this world of 2053 A.D." He uses the simplest details to ensure this dark feeling to his story. When Bradbury includes "The street was silent and long and empty," he wants us to feel creeped out by the unknown and the silence.

      This story uses the character as a way to show how technology has changed us. The character in his story is presumed to be unique and unlike the rest, he is also expressed as lonely and unwanted. Bradbury mentions that people are scared of him, "lights might click on and faces appear and an entire street is startled by the passing of a lone figure,". This shows us that he is a one of a kind since no one is used to people walking down a street. The phrases "i guess you would call me a writer."

 "no profession", he means that no one is buying magazines or books anymore since all this new technology is out and about. He also mentions he has no wife, that "no one wanted him" meaning he is lonely. Bradbury made it clear he does not like technology and believes it will make us lonely and robot-like.

       In conclusion, Ray Bradbury wrote this story to express his thoughts on technology and what had happened to him the night before.