Leonard Mead is a character that represents our society in a future world. Leonard Mead is the protagonist from a short story called The Pedestrian, written by Ray Bradbury. This story takes place in the year 2053 when technology has taken over the entire world, except for our main character, Mead. Everyone in this world seems to be glued to technology, never going outside given it no longer has a use. The pedestrian was created to warn people now about where society is going, using Leonard Mead as a character to portray society today. He is presented as a regressive, wise and lonely representation of people today and why the author, Ray Bradbury created this character to change people's ways with technology. To start off, one of Leonard Mead's character traits is regressive. Leonard acts as a character who has never lived in his world and just got transported there. He has no interest in changing his ways, he doesn’t care that he fits out of societal norms. This is evident when he says quote; …show more content…
While this may not seem like a main character trait, this key trait is what ties together Ray Bradbury's meaning of the story. "Are you married, Mr. Mead?" "No." "Not married," said the police voice behind the fiery beam "Nobody wanted me," said Leonard Mead with a smile’ (Bradbury, 2). Just this small conversation tells us that no one really is like Leonard. His personality is too outside of societal norms to find someone else like him. This action played a part in Leonard getting arrested too. ‘’The car moved down the empty river-bed streets and off away, leaving the empty streets with the empty sidewalks, and no sound and no motion all the rest of the chilly November night’ (Bradbury, 2). Leonard Mead is getting sent away all alone, there isn't even a person in the car with him. There was no one out there to save him, he was truly alone. Therefore, Leonard's loneliness trait ties into the story's