Ray Bradbury's 'The Illustrated Man' is a collection of short stories. Among them, the two stories that depict pessimism are the 'Kaleidoscope' and 'The Highway'. In Kaleidoscope, the space ship malfunctions so it drifts aimlessly in space. The astronauts think about their past and they realized that they didn't do anything worthwhile in their life. In 'The Highway', a couple saves refugees telling them that the nuclear war is going to end the world.
Answer:The figurative language makes it much easier to focus on what is about to happen and the author doesn't use any connotations.The figurative language in this passage creates a scene where if you focus and read the passage very carefully and slow then you actually start to experience the feeling of it all coming to life.
