How Does Bradbury Explore the Theme of Technology s Threat in the Short Story The Pedestrian ?
Have a little read: … How Does Bradbury Explore the Theme of Technology’s Threat in the Short Story “The Pedestrian”? Ray Bradbury’s “The Pedestrian” is a short story set in a dystopian future. The main character, Leonard Mead, is portrayed as alone in the world whilst technology dominates the lives of all other human beings. Everywhere people are in a waking coma, their individuality destroyed, due to their addiction to technology. Bradbury uses Mead to explore this bleak world and in the process he shows us the pitfalls of our blatant consumerism and demand for technology today. The story starts by submerging us into a cold and unwelcoming atmosphere. The inhabitants of the city Leonard Mead is travelling in are all metaphorically “dead”. Indeed, the city is compared to a graveyard with “tomb-like buildings” and “grey phantoms” throughout the story.
