“The dog ran upstairs, hysterically yelping to each door, at last realizing, as the house realized, that only silence was here.” This quote from the literary article “There Will Come Soft Rains” provides the reader with an understanding of the author, Ray Bradbury’s, negative opinion of technology by comparing how the dog and the house differentiate; the animal is able to detect that the silence resonating throughout the home is due to a lack of occupants. Throughout the course of the text, an absence of humanity and the repetitive nature of the machinery is evident. For example, the house sweeps up and burns the dead family dog as though it is another piece of trash. The house continues to make breakfast and draw baths, even though there is
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The technologically advanced home in “There Will Come Soft Rains” is ineffective in the fact that it demonstrates an inability to detect its own emptiness and continues to waste resources. In line 105, the house wastes its water supply by cleaning unused dished and composing baths despite the actual need for this: “Five o'clock. The bath filled with clear hot water”. Disparately, the smart house in “Inside the Home of the Future” presents a sense of awareness and efficiency, and it is mindful of the activity of its inhabitant. As supported in the text, the independent house shows a capability of evolving to fit the actions and specific schedule of the homeowner: “At 6:45 a.m., the house turns up the heat, without programming, because it has learned on its own that it needs fifteen minutes to warm up before your alarm goes off”. In spite of these differences, the two texts prove to be very much alike. Both articles include a house that routinely performs tasks that are relevant to specific times of the day. ”Seven-nine, breakfast time, seven-nine!”. Lines 3-4 of “There Will Come Soft Rains” depict how the house prepares breakfast at a set time of the day, 7:09 a.m. Identically, the smart house from “Inside the Home of the Future” begins its daily procedure at 6:45 a.m., as shown in the quote above. Lastly, both futuristic houses perform basic tasks such as turning lights on and off, planning breakfast, and preparing
The technologically advanced home in “There Will Come Soft Rains” is ineffective in the fact that it demonstrates an inability to detect its own emptiness and continues to waste resources. In line 105, the house wastes its water supply by cleaning unused dished and composing baths despite the actual need for this: “Five o'clock. The bath filled with clear hot water”. Disparately, the smart house in “Inside the Home of the Future” presents a sense of awareness and efficiency, and it is mindful of the activity of its inhabitant. As supported in the text, the independent house shows a capability of evolving to fit the actions and specific schedule of the homeowner: “At 6:45 a.m., the house turns up the heat, without programming, because it has learned on its own that it needs fifteen minutes to warm up before your alarm goes off”. In spite of these differences, the two texts prove to be very much alike. Both articles include a house that routinely performs tasks that are relevant to specific times of the day. ”Seven-nine, breakfast time, seven-nine!”. Lines 3-4 of “There Will Come Soft Rains” depict how the house prepares breakfast at a set time of the day, 7:09 a.m. Identically, the smart house from “Inside the Home of the Future” begins its daily procedure at 6:45 a.m., as shown in the quote above. Lastly, both futuristic houses perform basic tasks such as turning lights on and off, planning breakfast, and preparing