Analyzing Ray Bradbury's 'There Will Come Soft Rains'

“There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury is a sci-fi text that tells the story of a “house [that stands] alone in a city of rubble and ashes” (Bradbury np) and how it interacts with nature. The house is empty and its inhabitants, the McClellan family, are nowhere to be seen. The machines in the house has no consciousness that the house’s occupants are not in the house, hence, they still perform their functions that are programmed to serve the house’s residents. The story revolves around the idea that the natural world will still continue existing after humankind destroys itself with humankind’s creation.

Watch Out! As they fight for their survival. In the short story, “The Sound of Thunder,” by Ray Bradbury, is about a man going into a time machine to hunt a T-Rex. He was traveling along with his other companions through the time machine to meet the T-Rex. They ended up encountering many obstacles as they're on their journey. Although people don't pay attention to what they're doing even if it's the smallest things, it can lead up to a consequence as shown in literary devices such as; simile, metaphor, and repetition.

Science fiction is a genre that has characteristics such as a futuristic setting and a human element. It is based on controversial areas of science or specific theories that have not yet been proven to be true. Science fiction works depict what may happen in the future as an effect of what technology and events exist presently. The genre of the short story There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury is identifiable as science fiction through the setting, character and plot.

Life has many causes and effects, whether it is good or bad, there is always going to be a result to someone’s actions. In Ray Bradbury’s The Sound Of Thunder, this can be used to describe the “Butterfly Effect”; a theory that supports the idea that a tiny change in time can alter reality forever. In the story, this is exactly what happened when Eckels goes back sixty million years into the past and steps on a butterfly. From this small mistake, Eckels manages to make a drastic change in the future, from an entire new president to a diverse spelling. Travis’s motivation to shoot Eckels is caused by him killing the butterfly, his recklessness, and the presidency election change. This goes to show that even the most insignificant action can have

The absence of humanity will greatly affect the way the world functions. In Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains”, the absence of humanity causes the world they left behind to be hopeless and unable to continue by itself as a result of the world becoming domesticated by humanity and it’s technology. In Teasdale’s “There Will Come Soft Rains”, the absence of humanity causes an indifference in the wilds. The land controlled by humanity becomes thrust into chaos, yet the untouched wilds of nature are indifferent in their endeavor. In Stephen Vincent Benet’s “Nightmare #3”, the presence of humanity causes the machines to become violent and hostile to the humans. Afterwards, the machines caused lack of humanity which affects the world by showing

Society provides a constant pressure to be a certain cookie cutter definition that only includes a single shape in the whole box. Stepping out of the desired image is seen as wrong as the balance and harmony society tries to maintain is unstable. In “The Pedestrian” written by Ray Bradbury emphasizes the idea of a collective group pushing a single individual into conforming to their expectations as the main character Leonard Mead demonstrates this struggle. Leonard Mead tries to conform to society through the symbolic change of shoes. Moreover, by not fulfilling society's complete regulations Leonard is soon isolated and pushed away from the community which limited Leonards mental self as he was alway alone. The Pedestrian reflects on the significant principle to pursue your goals and desires as it influences on an individual's eccentricity that makes people diverse even if it does not follow society's regulations. Furthermore, Mr. Leonard Mead struggles with being different and his personal desires are viewed as abnormal since society fears the unknown consequently abusing the individual for being different. In addition, methods that further enhances the barrier Ray Bradbury set between Leonard Mead versus the rest of society is the motif of light versus dark and Ray Bradbury’s short story illustrates conflicts between pursuing a personal desire and choosing to conform influences a person's individuality as a result of society's regulations.

This futuristic story has no characters but centers around a single house left standing after a nuclear blast has destroyed the remainder of Allendale, California in the year 2026. In "There Will Come Soft Rains" Ray Bradbury portrays symbolism, personification, and irony throughout the house, the mice, and the poem. All of these objects reflect on mankind use of technology. We are navigating away from human interaction and our daily routines are becoming repetitious, unexciting, technology-driven activities. Every day we check off things on our "to do" lists and make more of a lengthier list. Our routines are almost robot like. The robots in the story seem to be racing around like our minds at times. “The house was an altar with ten thousand

The movie War Games and the short story “August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains” both have the same theme of the dangers of technology in the hands of mankind. Although they share the same theme are some things that are different and the same. For instance in the movie War Games is started with a teenage computer whiz who connects to a top secret computer that has complete control over the government’s U.S arsenal. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086567/plotsummary, ColinTinto) Also in the movie, War Games there is living human beings. On the other hand in the story, There Will Come Soft Rains, where the nuclear bombs wiped out the human race. In the story it was set in the far future, where the house is self

How can the simplest forms of binary coding drive humanity to absolute insanity? The notion that technology can now make your lives worthless should be a clear and present threat that should push humanity to fix the problem at hand, but we as humans are the most indecisive, naive, and ludicrous beings that this earth has to offer. If we could fix the problem, why are we so quick to filter out and seek methods to destroys us? Ray Bradbury exclaims that technology can destroy humanity; he shows us examples of corruption affecting both man and machine, traveling in time destroying a set path, and people betraying one another for the glory of simplicity to emphasize how hazardous technology could really be.

Young adults that I work with are in a constant search for their identities. It is a contradiction as teens search for their unique selves while not wanting to be ostracized by peers. Walking this fine line, teens are developing their identities through peer interaction, extracurricular activities, social media, parental influences, family histories, and dreams of the future. In The Way to Rainy Mountain N. Scott Momaday constructs his personal and cultural identity using mythology, historical content, and personal reflection. Beginning each section with Native American mythology, Momaday works at constructing his own identity. As Blaeser (1989). asserted, “On one level Rainy Mountain is the story of that quest for sense of personal identity

A Storm is a natural disaster that affects the atmosphere causing severe weather. Storms can lead to loss of life and property. Paul was an eight-year-old boy, who barely understood color, sight, and sound when he experienced his first storm. Paul Crenshaw lived in Logan County, Arkansas, a region known for its violent weather (79). In his essay, Paul wrote about the reading of sky and trees, the quest for survival, and the alluring sight of nature during a storm.

“Good morning!” Ray said to his coworkers while walking into the office. “Morning Ray.” Many replied. Ray’s tall slender figure towered over his desk as he looked down on a ton of files. He grabbed his coffee, then got to work.

Rain, rain and more rain. That's how it is on the fictional planet of Venus created by Ray Bradbury, author of “All Summer in a Day.” In the story, the author takes the point of view of Margot, a 9 year old girl who used to live on the planet Earth. She was transferred to Venus when she was very young. Living on Earth, Margot saw the sun and felt its true warmth and greatness. She attends an underground school with many children who were born on Venus. These children saw the sun at two years old, and therefore don't remember it. Soon, problems arise between the children and Margot. During the field trip where the children get to see the sun, the children locked Margot in the closet based off pure spite. They thought it would be amusing to lock Margot in the closet during the field trip. Consequently, Margot ended up missing the field trip, which ended up being about the sun. Once the children realize what they did, the feeling of jealousy is wiped clean off the children's faces replaced by guilt. The author clearly wants the reader to know that Jealousy can affect people´s judgements, this is shown when Margot is depressed, harassed and isolated by the children.

What is the story all about? What can I say to the story? What lesson we can learn from the story? Any advice to the people who destroy living things.

Could you envision a planet that sees no sun? In the story, “All Summer in a Day,” Ray Bradbury draws us in, as readers, with a story that takes place on the planet Venus. The environment of Venus is as described in this quote, “It had been raining for seven years; thousands upon thousands of days compounded and filled from one end to the other with rain, with the gush and gush of water...fall of showers and the concussion of storms so heavy they were tidal waves come over the islands…”(Bradbury, 1954) The only one that has experienced and remembers the sun is a young girl, Margot. Margot lived on Earth until she was four years old, unlike the others who have been living underground in Venus for their entire lives. Because of this, Margot is constantly facing problems regarding her classmates’ jealousy of her past opportunities. Without the sun, she has become, as Bradbury writes, “...a very frail girl who looked as if she had been lost in the rain for years and the rain had washed out the blue from her eyes and the red from her mouth and the yellow from her hair. She was an old photograph dusted from an album, whitened away, and if she spoke at all her voice would be a ghost.”(1954, Bradbury) In this short story by Bradbury, the theme is that jealousy and ignorance can blind us from seeing things how they really are. This is shown time after time when Margot is harassed, depressed, and isolated because of her classmates’ jealousy.