![]() ![]() Bradbury also through his use of dark and bland colours in the story may be symbolically trying to highlight to the reader the type of life that people are living. This again might suggest to the reader just how deeply controlled people are by those in authority. It is also interesting that anytime Leonard has gone for a walk he has never seen another human being. #THE THEME OF THE PEDESTRIAN WINDOWS#The fact that Leonard looks into the windows of the homes he passes by may also suggest that Leonard longs to connect with others in an attempt to combat the loneliness he feels. ![]() The reader suspecting that all information on the viewing screens is already approved by those in authority. Not only is there the computerized police car but the viewing screens which keep the streets empty of people may also have absolute control over people. In reality machines appear to have absolute control. Leonard may have simply been given a warning by a police officer. The reader doesn’t doubt that should a human have engaged with Leonard things might have been a little bit different. Sees what Leonard is doing as being something wrong. This could be important as Bradbury may be suggesting that a machine (police car) will only follow the rules that it has been given and as such because of the possible authoritarian nature of society in 2053. He is simply doing something that he himself would consider to be very normal and which the reader is aware he has been doing for years without incident. It might also be significant that Leonard is not deliberately trying to break the law or disturb the status quo. They cannot see that Leonard may like walking at night time rather they view his actions as regressive. It might also be important that Leonard is taken to a psychiatric centre as this would sum up the mentality of those in authority. It is for this reason that Leonard sticks out. There is only a need for one police car and everybody remains in their house when it is dark. There is also a sense that society is under the complete control of those in authority. If anything Leonard is simply connecting with his environment though again this is deemed to be unusual activity in 2053. This may be important as Leonard is doing something that would be considered normal today but in 2053 his walking at night time to get air is not seen as something that is acceptable. Leonard is doing nothing wrong but because of the accepted societal norms that exist in 2053 he is deemed to be potentially regressive by the computerized police car. Taken from his The Golden Apples of the Sun and Other Stories collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and after reading the story the reader realises that Bradbury may be exploring the theme of conflict. In The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury we have the theme of conflict, connection, alienation, control, loneliness and acceptance. ![]()
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