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    Ray Bradbury drew inspiration for his short stories from his own life experiences. In stories like "The Pedestrian" and "The Last Night of the World", Bradbury explores themes of isolation and individuality that reflected his own childhood, where he felt different from others and spent much of his time alone, reading in libraries. "The Pedestrian" depicts a man who takes solitary walks at night in a society where everyone else stays inside watching television. "The Last Night of the World" leaves the reader contemplating what they would do if they learned it was the final night on Earth. Bradbury's stories often feature unexpected elements or divisions that convey deeper meanings beneath the surface of the text.

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    Ray Bradbury drew inspiration for his short stories from his own life experiences. In stories like "The Pedestrian" and "The Last Night of the World", Bradbury explores themes of isolation and individuality that reflected his own childhood, where he felt different from others and spent much of his time alone, reading in libraries. "The Pedestrian" depicts a man who takes solitary walks at night in a society where everyone else stays inside watching television. "The Last Night of the World" leaves the reader contemplating what they would do if they learned it was the final night on Earth. Bradbury's stories often feature unexpected elements or divisions that convey deeper meanings beneath the surface of the text.

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    Ray Bradbury drew inspiration for his short stories from his own life experiences. In stories like "The Pedestrian" and "The Last Night of the World", Bradbury explores themes of isolation and individuality that reflected his own childhood, where he felt different from others and spent much of his time alone, reading in libraries. "The Pedestrian" depicts a man who takes solitary walks at night in a society where everyone else stays inside watching television. "The Last Night of the World" leaves the reader contemplating what they would do if they learned it was the final night on Earth. Bradbury's stories often feature unexpected elements or divisions that convey deeper meanings beneath the surface of the text.

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    Javier Carrillo

    Mr. Vigil

    Period 2

    3/16/17

    Both sides of the story

    When it comes to writing a story, usually that author of that story has a story of their own. Any

    past events or situations in their lives in the past comprehend in what they write about in their story. Many

    authors look back on their lives and see if they can make any stories out of it, any type of lessons or

    tragedies that may have happen to them. Ray Bradbury, a known science fiction, horror and mystery

    fiction author who truly believed in his works and supported his stories of what he believed and cherished

    in his early life. In The Pedestrian and The last night of the world Bradbury goes in full depth in

    fiction that he believed all through his early life and collaborates them into these stories.

    Ray Bradbury started his writing career around 1931 when he was about eleven. Then as a gift,

    he got a toy typewriter and there it all started, the stories started to come. In 1934 he was fourteen and

    moved to los Angeles, there his career became more serious. Just three years later, Bradbury becomes part

    of the science fiction league. In 1938 he graduated from Los Angeles high school and his educational

    standpoint ended there. But not his passion or desire to write, in 1942 bradbury wrote The Lake that

    he found his distinctive writing style and also where the stories were coming from. The interesting thing

    about Bradbury was almost all of his short stories were from his childhood and life experiences he held.

    For instance, Homecoming from 1944 was inspired by Bradbury's relatives and their Halloween parties.

    Dark Carnival from 1947, a story based on simply Bradbury's Uncles. Bradbury didn't always stick to

    the same writing style or genre. In 1947 after the carnival, Bradbury went to philosophical science

    fiction. Where he wrote The Martian Chronicles based off the fear of Humankind. Many of

    Bradbury's stories have two sides to the both of them.


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    In The Pedestrian a story of where it's man vs society. One man, Mr.Mead the only character

    but also civilian in the story. The story of where society is overruled or say controlled by television or of

    its non regular activities.Mr.Mead in the story is introduced or say noticed as abnormal and outdated. He

    is viewed as if he is from a different time period in society. As if he were just put there and didn't realized

    his own society was gone.As he takes evening walks alone, he is stopped by a cop car. Not a cop, a cop

    car. A car that pulls him away, sees his profession as not a profession, a hobby por say.They criticize

    Mr.Mead's work and take him in. It was not unequal to walk through a graveyard where only the faintest

    glimmers of firefly light appeared in flickers behind the windows. Sudden grey phantoms manifest upon

    the inner room walls where a certain was still undrawn against the night. A he passes through the

    houses in the streets, everything is gray phantoms. no signs of humanity,absolutely no lights except

    from the windows of the houses from the televisions. As in the story, The Pedestrian, Bradbury

    discusses and shows the separation of Mr.Mead and society.

    Mr. Bradburry shows yet again a separations in this short story. Bradbury tends to write or

    include some type of differences in his short stories in his past.When bradbury was young he would

    separate himself from others, work often in the libraries and just read. Create ideas for himself. Bradbury

    tend to make this short story based off when he was growing up. Bradbury grew up different. I say

    different due to he was never like the rest of the kids of his age. He began to write a lot of fictions when

    he was younger. Bradbury was an intelligent kid growing up with not a lot of money sadly. To support

    himself, he sold newspapers. Bradbury published his first book the year he graduated from high school

    back in 1938. Bradbury was extremely intelligent, that led him to be a one of a kind author.

    Many short stories have basic teachings and also lessons. But in this particular book, the state of

    mind it leaves you in, is one that will leave you wondering. In The last night of the world it begins by a

    husband asking his wife, What would you do if you knew that this was the last night of the world?" The

    wife didn't know what to reply. She was simply confused, as her husband encourages her to really think

    about it. He then tells her that night was the last night of the world. There was no announcement or a type
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    of warning they gave out. Just simply a dream the husband had. What was interesting was he wasn't the

    only one. Apparently everyone else had the same dream. They were also calm about it. Even the wife had

    the dream but didn't think much to come of it. The only struggle in the story was how they wanted to

    spend the last night of the world but also to leave or close the door of their children's room. The decided

    not to tell the kids but they didn't know what they would have liked.

    Bradbury really digs deep into this story. Leaving you to read beyond more than just the lines but

    also the meaning of it all. The story starts with What would you do if you knew that this was the last

    night of the world?". Instantly engaging the reader but also the author. Bradbury retracting, looking back

    in his past. Trying to maybe answer that question himself. This short story would be his answer. The

    struggle of not only figuring out what to do on the last night of the world but to debate on leaving his

    kids door open or not. To leave the sight of their kids sleeping or not. With everyone fine with death

    around them, no stressing over what to do. Apparently felt fine, like if the dream gave them courage but

    also some type of belief in what was next for them.

    When it comes to writing short stories, most of the time theres two sides of the stories. There are

    other contexts that inspire that author to write, other experiences in their life that cause them to free and

    express themselves in their stores. Authors most of the time will write about the most recent experiences

    but not Bradbury. Bradbury was inspired and got most of his ideas from his childhood. His family,

    Hardships with being poor, uncle's, parties. Most of all of Bradbury's stories there are some type of

    differences, or some unexpected turn in the story that cause the make of the point in the story.
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