So This Guy Goes For A Walk

Ray Bradbury was a witty man, so much so that instead of simply replying "walking" to a police officer who asked what he was doing, he replied with "putting one foot in front of the other." This isn't ideal for someone to reply to someone else, especially if they are an authority figure, but Ray Bradbury was that type of person- which in turn affected his writing. Bradbury wrote "The Pedestrian" because of that situation, he felt so many emotions towards the police officers that questioned him for doing such a simple and innocent action, but he knew better than force his outcries to authority, so he wrote about it instead- almost like and indirect tweet.He didn't write it just to make sense but also to heal from the experience and express what he has to say about it. What happened to Bradbury wasn't okay but when he wrote about it, he let his mind run wild.