THE PEDESTRIAN
1. The theme of The Pedestrian is the dangers of technology to society and humanity. 2. Bradbury gets this message across when he explains about how there was no one in the cop care but just a machine talking to him. Also, when Bradbury talks about seeing flashes through people curtains as in people were just at home watching TV. 3. Bradbury’s tone towards the story is of cautionary because he takes the reader 100 years forward where machines control humans. 4. People don’t walk as much anymore because there are cars. If you don’t have a car then there’s a bus ride. Or a bike. Or a friend. But now there are so many ways for transportation that you don’t need to walk. 5. I think self driving cars should just be used in case of emergency. Let’s say you’re not feeling good so you wanna get to the hospital. You can program the car to take you there. Other than that, people should stop being lazy and get there hands on the steering wheel. 6. I feel like technology can lead yo