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Ray Bradbury: An Ingenuitive Dystopia

Who is Ray Bradbury? Ray Bradbury is an ingenious novelist peculiarly interested in the idea of dystopia. Having written over hundreds of books, they all seem to be placed in a dystopian society. Dystopia in itself is quite an interesting idea, but for Bradbury to think of a future we live so closely to is amazing. A man living during the 1950s, publishing stories of our present time. He thought of every idea he has published and alone has accomplished such an imagination so close to our very own reality.


Ever heard of a guy named Leonard Mead? He’s a famous pedestrian who lived during 2053 A.D., he was friends with Mr. Bradbury here. While the rest of the city was sleeping Mr. Mead would walk out of his house to go for a stroll. On the empty streets lit up with nothing but flickering street lamps you could see him, every night, on his stroll, but for what? “Walking for air, walking to see” he’d say as if he was one of the only people who appreciated and cherished the world anymore. And you know what? He was, he was one of those one in a million people. On one very special night, Leonard Mead was on the very same walk, but this time someone stops him. A police car pulls up right behind him and takes him to the “Psychiatric Center for Research on Regressive Tendencies”.


To say admiring the world is a regressive tendency is the same as saying The Fourth of July isn’t significant to the American history books. It’s absurd, exaggerated even. They all say to think about the “little things”; the world is a huge little thing. You don’t find too many people that just sit out and admire the beauty and equal travesty of the world. It’s a shame to see so many beings just walk around and forget how beautiful the world is. This world, the Earth, is a beautiful travesty.

Ray Bradbury wrote his books to help us see the beautiful travesty it is. By becoming a great writer, Bradbury shared his oh so wonderful mind with us. With his help, maybe this world can be better than Leonard Mead’s.
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