The Pedestrian
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The Pedestrian is a short story by Ray Bradbury that portrays a dystopian future where solitary walking is viewed as suspicious behavior in an oppressive, technology-obsessed society.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Pedestrian canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
dystopian fiction work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Ray Bradbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict | individual versus society ⓘ |
| contains | minimal dialogue ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
a future society where people stay indoors watching television
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walking alone as suspicious behavior ⓘ |
| explores |
the impact of mass media on society
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the marginalization of nonconformists ⓘ |
| features | an automated police car ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Reporter magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
dystopian fiction
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science fiction ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasEnding | Leonard Mead is taken to a psychiatric center for his preference for walking ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
isolation in urban environments
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oppressive social norms ⓘ technology-obsessed society ⓘ |
| hasTone |
bleak
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cautionary ⓘ |
| influencedBy | concerns about television culture ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | general readership ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Leonard Mead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Leonard Mead is stopped and detained by an automated police car for the unusual act of walking alone at night in a television-obsessed city. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Leonard Mead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Fahrenheit 451 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace | a large unnamed city ⓘ |
| settingTime | 2053 ⓘ |
| studiedIn | secondary school literature curricula ⓘ |
| style | concise and descriptive prose ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
the police car as an instrument of totalitarian control
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walking as an act of resistance ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation in a technological society
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conformity versus individuality ⓘ dehumanizing effects of technology ⓘ loss of genuine human interaction ⓘ state control and authoritarianism ⓘ surveillance and social control ⓘ |
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