So This Guy Goes For A Walk

I believe that Ray Bradbury wrote “The Predestrian” is written because what happened to him is confusing to himself, so he wrote about as a way to let his imagination run wild. In the story The Pedestrian, written by Ray Bradbury in 1950, a man goes for long walks every evening by himself. The year setting of the story is 2053 and is a prediction of what he thinks the society will be like at that time. Mr. Mead, the main character, has never seen another person out walking during the many hours that he has strolled. The only evidence of human activity are the flickering of the lights within the houses coming from the televisions. On this particular evening, a police car stops and orders him to put his hands up, to get inside the car, despite his protests. While he approaches the dark he realises that there was no driver because the car is automated. Apparently, his behaviour is not acceptable in this society because no walks anymore, making it seem weird for him to be walking. Therefore, the main theme of the story is the dehumanisation of the human society ensued by the development of technology, and I was able to figure it out with the plot, tone, and characteristic of the story.