Read the following excerpt from "The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury:
He hadn't written in years. Magazines and books didn't sell any
more. Everything went on in the tomblike houses at night now, he
thought, continuing his fancy. The tombs, ill-lit by television light,
where the people sat like the dead, the gray or multicolored lights
touching their faces, but never really touching them.
"No profession," said the phonograph voice, hissing. "What are
you doing out?"
"Walking," said Leonard Mead.
"Walking!"...
"Is that all?" he asked politely.
"Yes," said the voice. "Here." There was a sigh, a pop. The back
door of the police car sprang wide. "Get in."
"Wait a minute, I haven't done anything!"
"Get in."...
"Where are you taking me?"
The car hesitated, or rather gave a faint whirring click, as if
information, somewhere, was dropping card by punch-slotted
card under electric eyes. "To the Psychiatric Center for Research
on Regressive Tendencies."
Identify Bradbury's message in "The Pedestrian," and explain how he uses irony and a
dystopian setting to convey that message. Make sure to cite specific examples from
the excerpt to support your response.