Humans are oblivious. Their inventions and habitation of the Earth have left them to believe they are the owners of this sphere of rock. However, they are merely paying rent to mother nature. Nature has the ability to thrive without humans, as evident in the 4.5 billion years before mankind. This recurring idea that humans are rather a small part of the world itself is often exercised in various stories and novels. One such story is “There will Come Soft Rains,” by Ray Bradbury. The story is all about a post human era in which remnants of manmade objects meet with the hands of a punishing mother nature, which eludes to an emerging theme.
In the short story “There will come Soft Rains,” Bradbury illustrates the central idea that mother nature …show more content…
The use of allusion in many stories is mainly to insert an image into the mind of the reader to further emphasize the true meaning of the story. Bradbury chose the title of the story for a specific reason which is really hidden deep inside the text. The title of the story is an allusion to the poem “There will come Soft Rains,” by Sara Teasdale. Written in 1920, the poem is contextually in line with many disastrous human events. One of which being world war I, which ended in 1918 after four long years. Teasdale must have found this to be inspiration enough to write this poem. Bradbury cleverly instituted this into the story on pages 4-5 to serve as a reminder of exactly what really happened to man. Bradbury reveals the allusion of the title shortly before the fire began, as the house plays a poem. It was Mrs. McClellan’s favorite. At first, the poem speaks to the reader, illustrating a peaceful environment of animals like swallows and frogs swimming and singing. This harmony is broken immediately by the second half of the poem, “And not one will know of the war,” referring to the animals and nature overall. “(not one) Will care at last when it is done,” which speaks for when the conflict of man is ended. The poem continues to say that no one would really care at all “if mankind perished utterly.” In these lines, the poem embodies the feeling of regret
In the short story “There will come Soft Rains,” Bradbury illustrates the central idea that mother nature …show more content…
The use of allusion in many stories is mainly to insert an image into the mind of the reader to further emphasize the true meaning of the story. Bradbury chose the title of the story for a specific reason which is really hidden deep inside the text. The title of the story is an allusion to the poem “There will come Soft Rains,” by Sara Teasdale. Written in 1920, the poem is contextually in line with many disastrous human events. One of which being world war I, which ended in 1918 after four long years. Teasdale must have found this to be inspiration enough to write this poem. Bradbury cleverly instituted this into the story on pages 4-5 to serve as a reminder of exactly what really happened to man. Bradbury reveals the allusion of the title shortly before the fire began, as the house plays a poem. It was Mrs. McClellan’s favorite. At first, the poem speaks to the reader, illustrating a peaceful environment of animals like swallows and frogs swimming and singing. This harmony is broken immediately by the second half of the poem, “And not one will know of the war,” referring to the animals and nature overall. “(not one) Will care at last when it is done,” which speaks for when the conflict of man is ended. The poem continues to say that no one would really care at all “if mankind perished utterly.” In these lines, the poem embodies the feeling of regret