The short stories There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury, and Meteor by John Wyndham uniquely portray the demise of society. There Will Come Soft Rains uses irony, symbols, themes, and figurative language to vividly illustrate humanity’s perish; similarly, Meteor uses irony, themes, parallel narration, and an abstract concept to display an alien species’ extinction. Both stories’ ironic tone and abundant figurative language help to portray similar themes. The theme they share is the imminent death of society and its consequences.
There Will Come Soft Rains’ themes show the impact humans have on nature. Accordingly, There Will Come Soft Rains’ use of figurative language has a hidden meaning. Here, the house represents a society. Additionally, …show more content…
That is similar to a human routine. “The gods had gone away” means there is no savior for our species. The quote “the voice-clock sang, Tick-tock, seven o'clock, time to get up… as if it were afraid that nobody would” shows the society feared that “nobody would wake up.” “Nobody wakes up” means nobody helps the house (humans) avoid a fatalist future. Eventually, the house burns (the death of society), and it (humans) could not avoid it. After humans vanished, a wall (symbolizing a post-apocalyptic world) remained marked with silhouettes (those symbolize human damage to our surroundings). Furthermore, the poem “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Sara Teasdale (the poem from which the story takes its name) conveys nature will go on and thrive without humans. “And not one will know of the war, not one will care at last when it is done. Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree, if mankind perished utterly.” However, Bradbury argues the opposite. A sore dog, animals behind a thin glass, and a radioactive glow are symbols that represent the damage humans caused to nature. A sore dog means a damaged nature; animals behind a thin glass mean endangered species, and the …show more content…
Bradbury’s work uses irony to convey humans will affect nature forever; Wyndham’s ironic tone, on the other hand, expressed humans do not appreciate what they have, and they always want more. Despite both stories’ ironies are different, but both messages’ use in these works illustrates the exercise of these actions will end up killing our own species. Some of the themes between these stories are similar, but some are different. Both portray the survival instinct of species and the destructive behavior of humanity. Notwithstanding, Meteor and There Will Come Soft Rains differ; Meteor expresses human disparage, mistreat and superiority over the unknown, and size’s abstract value; meanwhile, There Will Come Soft Rains only shows humanity’s impact on nature. Besides, Meteor used a parallel narration technique; Wyndham related the story both in the third person and in the first person, whereas Bradbury’s work only uses the third person point of view. There Will Come Soft Rains uses several symbols to express its message, while Meteor does not.
There Will Come Soft Rains and Meteor vividly express the demise of society. They use symbols, figurative language, and similar themes to display this. Although both stories have different authors, and the plots are different, they both describe why could society end, how could it end, and what could it cause after its end. Humans should learn from the stories’ themes and prosper
There Will Come Soft Rains’ themes show the impact humans have on nature. Accordingly, There Will Come Soft Rains’ use of figurative language has a hidden meaning. Here, the house represents a society. Additionally, …show more content…
That is similar to a human routine. “The gods had gone away” means there is no savior for our species. The quote “the voice-clock sang, Tick-tock, seven o'clock, time to get up… as if it were afraid that nobody would” shows the society feared that “nobody would wake up.” “Nobody wakes up” means nobody helps the house (humans) avoid a fatalist future. Eventually, the house burns (the death of society), and it (humans) could not avoid it. After humans vanished, a wall (symbolizing a post-apocalyptic world) remained marked with silhouettes (those symbolize human damage to our surroundings). Furthermore, the poem “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Sara Teasdale (the poem from which the story takes its name) conveys nature will go on and thrive without humans. “And not one will know of the war, not one will care at last when it is done. Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree, if mankind perished utterly.” However, Bradbury argues the opposite. A sore dog, animals behind a thin glass, and a radioactive glow are symbols that represent the damage humans caused to nature. A sore dog means a damaged nature; animals behind a thin glass mean endangered species, and the …show more content…
Bradbury’s work uses irony to convey humans will affect nature forever; Wyndham’s ironic tone, on the other hand, expressed humans do not appreciate what they have, and they always want more. Despite both stories’ ironies are different, but both messages’ use in these works illustrates the exercise of these actions will end up killing our own species. Some of the themes between these stories are similar, but some are different. Both portray the survival instinct of species and the destructive behavior of humanity. Notwithstanding, Meteor and There Will Come Soft Rains differ; Meteor expresses human disparage, mistreat and superiority over the unknown, and size’s abstract value; meanwhile, There Will Come Soft Rains only shows humanity’s impact on nature. Besides, Meteor used a parallel narration technique; Wyndham related the story both in the third person and in the first person, whereas Bradbury’s work only uses the third person point of view. There Will Come Soft Rains uses several symbols to express its message, while Meteor does not.
There Will Come Soft Rains and Meteor vividly express the demise of society. They use symbols, figurative language, and similar themes to display this. Although both stories have different authors, and the plots are different, they both describe why could society end, how could it end, and what could it cause after its end. Humans should learn from the stories’ themes and prosper