The streets are empty, he doesn't see anybody while walking.
It is implied that all the people are in their houses watching the television.
A car stopped him.
It's a police car.
A machine that comes from the car is talking to him.
No one is inside the car. It's automatic.
The voice from the car orders Leonard to get inside.
He answers that he has done nothing wrong.
He is treated as a criminal.
They are taking him to the Psychiatric Center for Research on Regressive Tendencies.
The message of the story is that technology is not always good.
The author is trying to make us realize that some changes regarding technology are not always a good thing and humanity is what should be preserved.
Yes, it is also a story about government control because the it is mentioned how after an election everything changed. Also, the end shows how he has no freedom although he wasn't committing any crime.
<h3>Who was Ray Bradbury?</h3>
Ray Bradbury was a very famous writer from the United States who wrote science fiction stories.
His most famous work is Fahrenheit 451 and he is considered one of the most influential writers of all times because of how he wrote about technology and distopic futures.
The Pedestrian is a short story that he published in 1951.
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