Dystopian societies constantly prove that perfect is impossible and there is always a hole in the system. The Pedestrian is a story by Ray Bradbury that takes place in 2053 A.D. The main character, Mr. Leonard Mead, is walking around in his neighborhood during his free time. A cop car he encounters thinks it is strange because it is not the ordinary thing to do. The police car takes Mr. Mead away. In the story,Bradbury shows us that by using force against the population that is ineffective because it creates more problems than helps. He shows this by his plot,imagery, and more literary elements. The dystopian society has no police patrol instead it has robots to control the crime going on in the world. They use machines to control people to follow the laws. They have a robotic police car to help just in case something does go wrong in their world.” Crime was ebbing; there was no need now for the police, save for this one lone car wandering and wandering the empty streets.”(Bradbury 1).The world still uses something to enforce their laws since there are small holes in their perfect world. They use machines since they do not have feelings like people and they are stricter. ”Thats my house,” said Mr. Mead. No one …show more content…
This keeps the peace in the dystopian society by occupying them at home it clearly shows. “What's up tonight on Channel 4, Channel 7, Channel 9? Where are the cowboys rushing, and do I see the United States Cavalry over the next hill to the rescue?”(1). The story implies that he is walking around looking at peoples tvs and assuming what they are watching.He notices this throughout everyone's house, so they are all distracted from tv. They do this because they do not want crime and they are entertained by it and focusing on their show. This makes it so if somebody is not at home might seem out of order and immediately suspected as a