Topic > Fear In "The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury - 1006

One could certainly characterize the police vehicle as a character: after all, despite not having a driver in the vehicle itself, there would certainly be someone at headquarters checking the car . Mead believes finding Mead next to the vehicle is "a rare, incredible thing... the force had been reduced from three cars to one... there was no longer any need for the police." The latter is yet another source of bitterness; although the area where Mead lives is never openly mentioned, the city they live in is said to be home to over 3 million people. It is difficult to imagine a world today in which there are 3 police cars in a small part of a city, much less in a city of 3 million inhabitants. Analyzing it further would be considered unthinkable, yet it is mentioned as a fact. The perpetrators are not the only victims in this world: the police may also be bitter. One might expect an outcast to show kindness towards another, but when human nature is involved strange things happen; that is, someone who is hurt and bitter, instead of helping another refugee from society, might turn to him to feel better about himself, as if to reassure himself that yes, they might be considered a dying breed, but at least not I am. He's not as irrelevant as the other guy. Furthermore, by evilizing Mead, the operator is able to carve out a