The Pedestrian — Flashcards

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The Pedestrian is a science fiction and dystopian short story. It shows a future society that has become cold, empty, and controlled, so that even walking alone at night seems strange and suspicious.

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The story is set on a November evening in A.D. 2053 in a city of three million people. The setting is important because it creates a future world that looks advanced on the outside but is deeply lonel…

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Leonard Mead is the protagonist and the only human character in the story. He is a writer by profession, but he has nothing to write because society no longer reads magazines or books. He is also a no…

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He walks for air and to see the world around him. His walks show that he values freedom, observation, and human experience in a society that has become passive and screen-bound.

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The police car represents state surveillance and dehumanised authority. It is fully automated, has no human officer inside, and speaks in a metallic voice. It shows a society where machines control hu…

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The police car interrogates him about his name, address, profession, reason for walking, viewing screen, and marital status. After this, it announces that he will be taken to the Psychiatric Center fo…

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Leonard Mead is a writer, but the police car classifies him as having 'No profession' because books and magazines no longer sell. This shows the death of intellectual culture in that society and the l…

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His house is different from all the others because every light in it is burning brightly, while every other house has only the blue flicker of television inside. This makes his home stand out as a sig…