Conformity In Ray Bradbury's Short Story 'The Pedestrian'

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Consequences of non-conformity Do you choose to conform? We all have a choice and some choose to take the act of conformity into action and others take action into their own hands and go out and be extraordinary. One of these few people who decided to be extraordinary is Leonard Mead, the protagonist in Ray Bradbury’s short story, “The Pedestrian.” He was the only person in his society to take a stand for what it was that he took interest in, and this was the simple action of walking. Ray Bradbury’s short story, “The Pedestrian” was about a man named Leonard Mead and he was put in the time set of 2053, in this time every citizen stays in the house watches T.V and drives everywhere they go, except Leonard. Leonard is
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Conformity In The Pedestrian

Ray Bradbury’s The Pedestrian is a dystopian short story set in the year 2053, reflecting the socio-economic/political climate of the 1950s when McCarthyism and the Red Scare were prevalent. The story follows Leonard Mead. He does not conform to what individuals do these days and still goes out for walks all alone at night while people are busy watching their TV screens and consuming media mindlessly. When Leonard was walking this time around, an autonomous police car stopped and arrested him before…

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