The pedestrian by ray bradbury thesis paragraph

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The Pedestrian
The Pedestrian’s overall theme relates to the dangers that the technology has on both humanity and society. Ray Bradbury’s story occurs in a futuristic society. Less human interactions characterize society as individuals tend to spend more time watching television and considerably less time interacting with fellow humans or taking part in simple activities such as taking a walk. Notably, in the described society, taking a walk in the streets is against the law. If found taking a walk, individuals are sent to mental institutions for evaluation. Undoubtedly, Bradbury seeks to advise his readers to be wary of technology as it threatens humanity. Instead of bringing us together, advances like television creates some distance between humans. In this regard, Bradbury uses one of his characters, Leonard Mead to illustrate how technology has made individuals forget about their social lives. Leonard is quoted saying “Was that a murmur of laughter from within a moon-white house? In ten years of walking by night or day, for thousands of miles, he had never met another person walking, not once in all that time” (Bradbury 1). Therefore, Bradbury warns us of the negative impacts of technology. It makes us conform by having control over us. Notably “this one particular house had all of its electric lights brightly lit, every window a lout yellow illumination, square and warm in the cool darkness” (Bradbury 1). From the quote, it is apparent that much of people’s time gets wasted on technology, nothing productive.

Bradbury, therefore, posits that humanity has a great reliance on the interaction among people. As Leonard walks on the streets all alone, he realizes that the eyes of the people are fixed on the screens, and therefore individuals do not bother to look out let alone coming out of their houses. When the police ask Leonard whether or not he is married, it becomes apparent that due to technology, marriage is not for human interaction but for ensuring the continuity of the human race. “Do both spouses interact with the TV than each other?” “Why do none of them leave their houses?” (Bradbury 1).

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Bradbury, Ray. “The Pedestrian- Ray Bradbury.Pdf”. Docs.Google.Com, 1951, https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=YnJld2VyZWR1Lm9yZ3xtci13ZWxsbWFufGd4OjM0NTYxYmZlY2UxNTYzZGE. Accessed 4 Nov 2018.