Ray Bradbury wrote a little short story called The Pedestrian

        In this short story, there are some images that I took away from it.  When Leonard steps into the cop car, I feel like he tastes defeat, and knows he has lost.  “The car moved down the empty river bed streets and off away, leaving the empty streets with the empty sidewalks, and no sound and no motion all the rest of the chill November night” (Bradbury 2).  This quote right here just says that there is nothing left, and everything is done.  Nothing came out of Mr. Mead, and I feel like he just gives in and tastes defeat.  I also got an image when he was just walking and minding his own business, and then this cop car comes down the street with it’s lights flashing and blaring sound.  I could imagine how scared Leonard would have been, I would have not known what to do in this position, because I would just be frozen with amazement when the car comes at me.  Also when he is in the cop car driving to the Psychiatric center, and they pass by his house with all the lights, the cop does not care at all.  It was like his house versus darkness and the tomblike houses of the city.  Ray Bradbury uses some great lines in the story that make some great imagery, and make you feel like your really in the situation at hand.  

        The author, Ray Bradbury, uses Figurative Language to make the story more interesting and exciting.  “The tombs, ill-lit by television light, where the people sat like the dead, the grey or multicolored lights touching their faces, but never really touching them” (Bradbury 2).  This is one of my favorite lines in the story, because it is interesting and creepy also.  He refers to the houses as tombs, and the dead sit there and just stare at the television.  It gave me the picture of a zombie, with it’s normal look, just spaced out and focused on one thing.  When Mr. Mead got pulled over by the cop car, he uses personification to the car, by saying “The talking police car”.  Police cars do not talk, but Ray Bradbury wanted them to in this story.  He also says “It’s radio throat faintly humming.”  This also refers to the car talking, and cars do not talk.  Personification really excites the reader, and makes the story much more interesting, because it is not actually real.  He also uses similes and metaphors to get the reader more into the story, and also make the story seem like it pops out to the reader.  He uses figurative language perfectly.  

        In this story, Ray Bradbury had a very demanding and frustrated tone.  He is frustrated that everyone is inside watching television at night, and that there is only this one man that will get outside and do something.  He wants people to be less dependent on electronics, and do more things with the outdoors and family.  I myself am a victim of technology, but I do not go overboard on them.  I love spending time with my family and doing activities outdoors such as tennis, and other sports.  If the people back then could go years without using technology, Ray Bradbury wants us today to do the same.  I think if he came to our society today, he would be very disappointed with us and technology.  We are all moving towards technology, and losing touch with each other and the outdoors.  Humanity should not forget nature and should be wary of technology.  “The car moved down the empty river bed streets and off away, leaving the empty streets with the empty sidewalks, and no sound and no motion all the rest of the chill November night” (Bradbury 2).  This quote here shows me that Bradbury is a little sad and frustrated.  He wants to change the emptiness and populate the outdoors.  This story really made me think about technology.