As technology continues to grow, the question is no longer how it will take over. It is time that if technology takes over, citizens will not be left with nothing. In "The Pedestrian", Ray Bradbury uses the setting to dominantly portray the desolate and barren environment to show how lonely and deserted cities will be when technology controls the human population. Setting is the surroundings or environment of anything. The setting of a story can develop tone, truth, atmosphere, theme, and foundation. The setting is the strong point of every story. The atmosphere is muffled and silent, proving that no one dares to set foot outside at night. As the story begins, Leonard Mead walks along the city's dry sidewalks. This shows that Leonard is an outcast by walking instead of doing the norm. The other citizens of the entire town are sitting in their homes watching television, showing that Leonard is an outcast for not doing the normal nighttime activity of watching television. "'Here.' There was a sigh, a pop. The back door of the police car swung open. “Take me.»...