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ġ1 Dystopia Utopia: A place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect in respect of politics, laws, customs, and conditions.

Satire is often used in the context of contemporary politics and other topical and controversial issues. It uses humor emphasizes irony exaggerates situations exposes and criticizes stupidity and vices. ġ0 Satire Satire-writing that ridicules or makes fun of a person or institution with the intent to bring about change. This is the way he wants the reader to see a future in which people have no interests beyond their TVs. Bradbury’s setting suggests a mood of death and despair. The light from their TVs flickers over the viewers’ gray and untouchable faces. Mead walks through a landscape in which the houses are compared to dark tombs. Take note of how Bradbury uses setting to express his opinions. This is how Bradbury wants you to see Mead, the man who lives in the house.Ĩ The Pedestrian Reading Skills: Writer’s Purpose brightly illumination square warm The words suggest warmth, hope, and solidarity. Note the words Bradbury uses to describe the main character’s house. ħ The Pedestrian Reading Skills: Writer’s Purpose What mood does this setting create? On a dark, cold night in November 2053, the pedestrian-Leonard Mead-walks alone through the city. Setting can create a mood, or atmosphere-a subtle emotional overtone that can strongly affect our feelings.

The time is an evening in the future-November The place is a silent city.Ħ The Pedestrian Literary Focus: Setting and Mood Setting establishes the time and place of the action in the story. ĥ The Pedestrian Literary Focus: Setting and Mood “The Pedestrian” is a chilling portrayal of a society in which people are so isolated in their homes that a lone pedestrian is seen as a threat to the social order. Technology the knack of so arranging the world that we don’t have to experience it. Presentation on theme: "The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury"- Presentation transcript:įeature Menu Introducing the Story Literary Focus: Setting and Mood Reading Skills: Writer’s Purpose