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Technology In The Pedestrian By Ray Bradbury

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“The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury illustrates the power of technology and its influence that it has on the society. Bradbury uses imagery to express on the impact that the society is having due towards the powerful affect of technology. “The Pedestrian” offers a glance into the future, where a man Leonard Mead is on a long walk in the evening by himself. The power of technology is shown with the number of people being affected by the power of technology particularly television. “The Pedestrian”, Leonard realizes that the society, has formed to one may say a dystopian society, because of how affected it has changed the society. The addiction of technology has left a change in a society, and has influence the way of one’s everyday life. “

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