The Pedestrian

Study guide med hjælp til analyse af novellen “The Pedestrian” (1951) af Ray Bradbury. Ud over hjælp til analysen får du også et summary samt inspiration til tema og perspektivering.

Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) var en af de største amerikanske pionerer inden for sci-fi-genren og er blevet udråbt som den forfatter, der i højeste grad har gjort sci-fi til en del af den almene litteratur. Han er bedst kendt for romaner som Fahrenheit 451 og The Martian Chronicles, og adskillige af hans værker er filmatiseret.

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Similes and metaphor

Mead breathes in frosty air “like the smoke of a cigar” (p. 1, ll. 13-14). This simile shows how much the character needs to be outside. For him walking and fresh air feel like an addiction, and he cannot stop doing it.

Similarly, the air makes his “lungs blaze like a Christmas tree” (p. 1, l. 38). This indicates a feeling of pure happiness.

Buildings are “tomblike” (p. 1, ll. 24-25), which suggests an overwhelming silence. This stresses the idea that the city seems lifeless and hints that the people living inside the buildings are not experiencing real life, as the only thing they do is watch TV.

The highways are “like streams in a dry season” (p. 1, ll. 79-80). This simile, which suggests that there are no cars on the road, highlights the idea of a lifeless society.