Context and Purpose (HSC SSCE English Standard): Flashcards
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Year 'The Pedestrian' was published
Year 'The Pedestrian' was published
1951
Author of 'The Pedestrian'
Author of 'The Pedestrian'
Ray Bradbury
Year 'The Pedestrian' is set
Year 'The Pedestrian' is set
November 2053
Protagonist in 'The Pedestrian'
Protagonist in 'The Pedestrian'
Leonard Mead
Mead's unusual behaviour in the story
Mead's unusual behaviour in the story
He's the only person who walks at night
Historical era when story was written
Historical era when story was written
Cold War era (early 1950s)
What stops Mead during his walk
What stops Mead during his walk
Automated police cruiser
Where Mead is taken after arrest
Where Mead is taken after arrest
Psychiatric Centre for Research on Regressive Tendencies
Bradbury's main purpose in story
Bradbury's main purpose in story
Critique technology obsession & conformity
Key writing principle story demonstrates
Key writing principle story demonstrates
Show, don't tell