If only we could all view the world as Ray Bradbury had done, perhaps it would be a less terrifying place. That is what I really love about Bradbury’s work: he continuously threw child’s logic at adult issues. His unpolluted arguments were so succinct that it really is impossible to dispute any of them. The Pedestrian Quotes To enter out into that silence that was the city at eight oclock of a misty evening in November, to put your feet upon that buckling concrete walk, to step over grassy seams and make your way, hands in pockets, through the silences, that was what Mr. To refrain from the norm, as Bradbury illustrates, is almost like having a psychological illness. Bradbury, Ray The Pedestrian YouTube Bradbury, Ray The Martian. Why is it deemed strange to just go for a walk with no particular destination in mind? To be uninterested in television, families or ‘normal’ employment? The short story is a brilliant example of society’s collective fear of the outsider. ‘The Pedestrian’ is a 1951 short story by Ray Bradbury (1920-2012), which is included in his 1953 collection The Golden Apples of the Sun. sci fi short story collected edited by Ray Bradbury) Free Stream Bradbury. Of course the conclusion to the story is typical Bradbury with its simplistic hyperbole and quaint surrealism, but never before have I been so drawn towards one of his unconcealed plot objectives. This officer is incredibly wary of Leonard and his aggressive questioning culminates in a swift arrest and a trip to the psychiatric centre. Where’s he going? Where’s he been? Is he married? Is he employed? What’s he doing? He doesn’t seem lonely or even that curious, he is simply taking a walk and drinking in his surroundings for no particular reason with no particular destination.īut then a police car pulls up beside him, demanding to know why he’s out alone. The tone isn’t particularly dreary as Leonard Mead, the wandering pedestrian, contentedly observes dozens of families in their natural habitat. He contemplates the people in their homes, all sat glued to their television sets night after night, their lives passing by as they watch shows and movies without really speaking or noticing one another.

The Pedestrian features a lone man walking on a perfectly silent street.

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