Read this excerpt from "The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury: The street was silent and long and empty, with only his shadow
moving like the shadow of a hawk in midcountry. If he closed his
eyes and stood very still, frozen, he could imagine himself upon
the center of a plain, a wintry, windless Arizona desert with no
house in a thousand miles, and only dry river beds, the streets,
for company.
Which statement best describes the intended aesthetic impact of the excerpt?