Analysis Of There Will Come Soft Rains By Ray Bradbury

Andrew Brown, a MLB player once said, ”The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life.” Technology can be defined as the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry. To add on, the story “There Will Come Soft Rains,” by Ray Bradbury shows the aftermath of an atomic bomb. Ray Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920 and died on June 5, 2012. In his lifetime he published over 30 books. In my opinion, the story “There Will Come Soft Rains” shows how electronics is harmful to society for many reasons. In the story, “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury shows how electronics has harmed people. For example in paragraph 43 it states, “A falling tree bough crashed through the kitchen window. Cleaning solvent, bottled, shattered over the stove. The room was ablaze in an instant!.” This piece of evidence means, as the tree fell and broke into the house the stove was still on, and the tree ended up catching on fire which soon lead to the house on fire. Therefore, this example shows how high tech has damaging the world as the fire from the stove made the tree catch on fire which will soon lead to the destruction of the house. Additionally another example is in section 5 when it says, “But no doors slammed, no carpets took the soft tread of rubber heels. It was raining …show more content…
“There Will Come Soft Rains” show many examples of how technology has hurt society, for instance, the story talks about how no one is around when it’s time to go to school or work. It was talking about how everyone within the area has been destroyed by the atomic bomb that got launched. Which in order to create the bomb to destroy the people machinery would have had to get better over time.In the near future technology can either improve or harm people, in which the question is what path it will