Answer:
The correct answer is B: the year 2053.
Step-by-step explanation:
The Pedestrian is a short story by Ray Bradbury (1920-2012), published in 1951. The setting of the story is a vacant city in 2053 where we meet Leonard Mead, a citizen who is walking through the city completely alone, as people stopped going out and leaving their homes because they are too distracted by technology.