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Theme Of Technology In Ray Bradbury's 'The Pedestrian'

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Imagine living in a world that is completely ruled by technology. “The Pedestrian” is a short story written by Ray Bradbury that shows how technology rules all of us. Ray Bradbury creates a fictional future where people’s lives are overrun by technology. This story shows that technology has taken over people’s lives through the characters and the the setting, and it has caused them to neglect traditional ways of living. To begin with, the theme of “The Pedestrian” is shown through the characters in the story. The cop car shows that technology has taken over people’s lives in the story. In other words, there is no cop in the cop car; it is a robotic car. As evidence, “It is itself a robot, and it speaks in a "phonograph voice" through
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