Ray Bradbury in “The Pedestrian” uses various literary devices to achieve Mr. Meads character development. Bradbury uses simile, characterization, and imagery to develop the character of Mr. Mead so that the reader can understand his motives for being alone. Bradbury uses simile to develop why Mr. Mead is alone. He first uses simile to show how he is alone. "Only his shadow of a hawk in mid-country." (Paragraph 6) there is not many people out where Mr. Mead lives. Bradbury also uses a simile in paragraph 22. "The light held him fixed, like a museum specimen, needle thrust through chest." Mr. Mead is not used to seeing other people. This simile shows how he looks different than everyone else. Bradbury uses simile to direct Mr. Mead. She also uses Direct Characterization. Bradbury uses simile to direct Mr. Mead. He also uses Characterization. Bradbury uses characterization to develop why Mr. Mead is alone. "He walked like a man suddenly drunk. As he …show more content…
He also uses imagery. Bradbury uses Imagery to develop why Mr. Mead is alone. "Sometimes he would walk for hours and miles and return at midnight to his house. And on his way he would see the cottages and homes with their dark windows, and it was not unequal to walking through a graveyard where only the faintest glimmers of firefly light appeared in flickers behind the Windows." (Paragraph 2) No one is out to greet Mr. Mead or talk to him. Another example can be found in paragraph 8 when he thinks someone is trying to talk with him. "Was that a murmur of laughter from within a moon-white house? He hesitated, but went on when nothing more happened. He stumbled over an uneven section of pavement." Ray Bradbury in “The Pedestrian” uses various literary devices to achieve Mr. Meads character development. Bradbury uses simile, characterization, and imagery to develop the character of Mr. Mead so that the reader can understand his motives for being alone. Mr. Mead wishes he wasn't so