If you have ever seen a movie or read a book about the end of the world it was most likely seen as a dystopian society and you would agree that the situation is bad for everyone. Dystopia is known to be a society that is undesirable or frightening. Even this simple definition shows that dystopia is bad for everyone that is involved. This can be seen in both The Road by Cormac McCarthy and “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury on multiple occasions. Furthermore if you look at any dystopian society you will never see anyone that is happy about their current situation. This can be seen in The Road where the text states, “The woods were just burned trunks. There was nothing to see. “”I think they saw us, the man said. I think they saw us and ran away. They saw we had a gun.”” “”They left their food cooking.”” “”Yes.”” “”Let’s take a look.”” “”It’s really scary, Papa.”” “”There’s no one here. It’s okay”” (Page 198). As you both the boy and the man are not happy with the situation they are in and it is in fact bad for them both. If the world was not a dystopia the boy would be able to have a normal life with his mother and father however that is impossible for him. …show more content…
This can be seen for example in Ray Bradbury’s “The Pedestrian” where the text states, “"Where are you taking me?" The car hesitated, or rather gave a faint whirring click, as if information, somewhere, was dropping card by punch-slotted card under electric eyes. "To the Psychiatric Center for Research on Regressive Tendencies”. This example shows that the world has changed for the worse in this dystopian society. This is seen for the fact that the world is in a worse state for the people even though they do not realize it, quite possibly the man could be the only human not watching a television