" Purpose of "The pedestrian"

The purpose of the book is to show imagination of what can happen in the future with the huge growth in use of technology. People will be more lazy and it will affect a huge amount of the population. They will be stuck and glued to their enhanced T.V's and video games. The book is saying that the change in the future can be worse for us. It could change the world. It is also telling the story of a man who was different then the rest of them. They showed what would happen to them. That is the purpose.