In the short story, “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury, all of mankind is obliterated by technology made by their very own hands. A house that can do daily tasks and chores that has a maternal figure is used to show how valuable yet threatening technology can be. In the short story “There Will Come Soft Rains”, Ray Bradbury makes people realize the importance of their true existence and take precautions so that technology would not wipe out all mankind like it is feared. In addition, he wants to illustrate the sterility of the world without people and to expose the fact that earth will be around for a long time after the bombs, and nature will be over ruled.
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To accurately convey his ideology, Bradbury uses heartfelt yet gruesome imagery. When Bradbury describes both the inside and outside of the house he writes, “[t]he entire west face of the house was black, save for five places.” (1) This shows how the technology killed the family belonging to that house, leaving space on the ashy wall for five places, their silhouettes. The attitude of the house towards nature is quite violent and condescending as Bradbury writes “[i]f a sparrow brushed a window, the shade snapped up…[n]o, not even a bird must touch this house!” (2). This proves the topic sentence because when the sparrow (nature) went up against a piece of the house (technology), the house retaliated. Thus proving that technology will always have the upper hand. Jennifer Hicks said ‘“ Many of the images in “There Will Come Soft Rains” contain references to nature, but the comparisons are almost always done in a negative way.”’ (236). This conveys to the readers that nature isn 't always thought of as positive when compared with technology, giving people a more materialistic and impersonal character. While talking about the atomic bomb that ruins all nature and mankind, Bradbury writes, “The house stood alone in a city of rubble and ashes” (Badbury 1). This proves the topic sentence because even though the house itself wasn 't the exact piece of monstrous technology used to do it, technology still, in the end, manages to destroy all of mankind and abandon the idea of love, hope and all signs of current or future joy in the world. Like life, people never know what they are getting themselves into. Their need for power, control and money causes these arrogant and conceited people to potentially ruin the planet. Ray Bradbury, the author of “There Will Come Soft Rains”, writes this dark, deep and ominous short story to convince the readers that
Bradbury, a fictional writer, uses a futuristic idea to make the people …show more content…
To accurately convey his ideology, Bradbury uses heartfelt yet gruesome imagery. When Bradbury describes both the inside and outside of the house he writes, “[t]he entire west face of the house was black, save for five places.” (1) This shows how the technology killed the family belonging to that house, leaving space on the ashy wall for five places, their silhouettes. The attitude of the house towards nature is quite violent and condescending as Bradbury writes “[i]f a sparrow brushed a window, the shade snapped up…[n]o, not even a bird must touch this house!” (2). This proves the topic sentence because when the sparrow (nature) went up against a piece of the house (technology), the house retaliated. Thus proving that technology will always have the upper hand. Jennifer Hicks said ‘“ Many of the images in “There Will Come Soft Rains” contain references to nature, but the comparisons are almost always done in a negative way.”’ (236). This conveys to the readers that nature isn 't always thought of as positive when compared with technology, giving people a more materialistic and impersonal character. While talking about the atomic bomb that ruins all nature and mankind, Bradbury writes, “The house stood alone in a city of rubble and ashes” (Badbury 1). This proves the topic sentence because even though the house itself wasn 't the exact piece of monstrous technology used to do it, technology still, in the end, manages to destroy all of mankind and abandon the idea of love, hope and all signs of current or future joy in the world. Like life, people never know what they are getting themselves into. Their need for power, control and money causes these arrogant and conceited people to potentially ruin the planet. Ray Bradbury, the author of “There Will Come Soft Rains”, writes this dark, deep and ominous short story to convince the readers that