The Pedestrian, By Ray Bradbury Analysis
Technology has Taken over our Minds and Actions For many years technology has been consuming our daily lives, to the point where it has taken over our minds and actions. Nowadays people pay more attention to their phones, computers, etc., rather than everything else around them, therefore becoming less alert and more prone to engaging in activities without thinking of the consequences. However, if used right, technology can be a great tool in solving everyday questions, but for the most part technology has a negative impact on society. Technology has a negative impact on society because it has distracted people from basic everyday tasks and led them to danger, it has influenced people to become isolated from the rest of society, and it has driven people to enroll in
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Ray Bradbury is the author of a short story, in which the main character, Mr. Meed, is the only person that goes out to walk, rather than staying inside isolated from society to watch television. Mr. Meed encounters a variety of problems with technology, like an automated empty police car. In the end Mr. Meed get taken to a mental facility for wanting to interact with nature, instead of staying in with technology. Bradbury's short story takes place in the future, but we can evidently start seeing situations like those in the story now in our everyday lives. Bradbury states in The Pedestrian, “The street was silent and long and empty with only his shadow moving like the shadow of a hawk in mild country.” (Bradbury 98) By looking out our window, and then reflecting back to the story we can connect the two, and create an image of the level of isolation our society is bound to reach. We look outside, and each day we see less and less people walking out. And sometimes the only people we see out are the elderly, what will happen when they stop? Technology has started taken over us, and we're not doing anything to avoid it.
Ray Bradbury is the author of a short story, in which the main character, Mr. Meed, is the only person that goes out to walk, rather than staying inside isolated from society to watch television. Mr. Meed encounters a variety of problems with technology, like an automated empty police car. In the end Mr. Meed get taken to a mental facility for wanting to interact with nature, instead of staying in with technology. Bradbury's short story takes place in the future, but we can evidently start seeing situations like those in the story now in our everyday lives. Bradbury states in The Pedestrian, “The street was silent and long and empty with only his shadow moving like the shadow of a hawk in mild country.” (Bradbury 98) By looking out our window, and then reflecting back to the story we can connect the two, and create an image of the level of isolation our society is bound to reach. We look outside, and each day we see less and less people walking out. And sometimes the only people we see out are the elderly, what will happen when they stop? Technology has started taken over us, and we're not doing anything to avoid it.