Examine the relationship between innovation (new technology) and nostalgia (old ways and times past) in the story.

On several occasions, characters are urged to “stay on the path.” What could the path symbolize, and why is it important to remain on it?

Bradbury set this story in 2055, about 100 years after he wrote it. How does this story relate to past events of the 1950s? What might Bradbury have been trying to say about them?