Ray Bradbury wrote an interesting story. The type of story that you might have to read a couple of times in order to understand it. Although this story maybe a bit confusing, soon you will start to put the pieces together and then it will all click. Let me tell you the gist of it.
In the beginning of the story, this man named Leonard Mead was a simple guy who enjoyed going on walks throughout November because he loved the weather. He was an author and he would write books and magazines, but soon they started to not sell so he wasn’t really employed. Nor was he married. This man lived alone and pretty much had nothing better to do than to walk for hours, it was a daily thing for him.
He was walking through a silent and dark neighborhood minding his business and talking to the houses. Talking to the houses was a thing he liked to do because well, he didn’t really have anyone else to talk to. As he kept walking along his way he noticed that he wasn’t the only one out in the neighborhood. This was odd to him because usually no one else is there but himself. Soon he realizes that it’s a cop car. Now keep in mind the year is 2052, in the story it states that there was only one cop car left. The cop proceeds to ask him questions like “what’s your name”, “what are you doing walking”, “what’s your profession”, and more. Mr. Mead answers them all honestly but the cop is still not budging. Then what happened next is a shock to Leonard Mead.
The cop asks him to get in the back seat of the car even though Leonard has not done anything wrong. However he still does as he is told and gets in and realizes there is no one there. Just the car. The cop, or car continues to say that he will be taking Leonard to a psychiatric center. On the way over to the psychiatric center, Mr. Mead passes by his house that is fully lit with lights that draws the most attention in the neighborhood.
In my opinion, I believe that the tone Bradbury was using was loneliness. To support my belief would be that throughout the story he explains how Leonard Mead lived by himself, had no job, and went on long walks by himself. I would like to add that I think Ray Bradbury wrote this story because maybe a similar situation happened to him where a cop stopped him for absolutely nothing or, he predicts that this will be the future. Leonard Mead’s character was described as a man who was passionate about his late night walks with the nice fall weather. Who saw the world differently than others.
In the beginning of the story, this man named Leonard Mead was a simple guy who enjoyed going on walks throughout November because he loved the weather. He was an author and he would write books and magazines, but soon they started to not sell so he wasn’t really employed. Nor was he married. This man lived alone and pretty much had nothing better to do than to walk for hours, it was a daily thing for him.
He was walking through a silent and dark neighborhood minding his business and talking to the houses. Talking to the houses was a thing he liked to do because well, he didn’t really have anyone else to talk to. As he kept walking along his way he noticed that he wasn’t the only one out in the neighborhood. This was odd to him because usually no one else is there but himself. Soon he realizes that it’s a cop car. Now keep in mind the year is 2052, in the story it states that there was only one cop car left. The cop proceeds to ask him questions like “what’s your name”, “what are you doing walking”, “what’s your profession”, and more. Mr. Mead answers them all honestly but the cop is still not budging. Then what happened next is a shock to Leonard Mead.
The cop asks him to get in the back seat of the car even though Leonard has not done anything wrong. However he still does as he is told and gets in and realizes there is no one there. Just the car. The cop, or car continues to say that he will be taking Leonard to a psychiatric center. On the way over to the psychiatric center, Mr. Mead passes by his house that is fully lit with lights that draws the most attention in the neighborhood.
In my opinion, I believe that the tone Bradbury was using was loneliness. To support my belief would be that throughout the story he explains how Leonard Mead lived by himself, had no job, and went on long walks by himself. I would like to add that I think Ray Bradbury wrote this story because maybe a similar situation happened to him where a cop stopped him for absolutely nothing or, he predicts that this will be the future. Leonard Mead’s character was described as a man who was passionate about his late night walks with the nice fall weather. Who saw the world differently than others.
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