There Will Come Soft Rains Analysis Essay
In the story, “There Will Come Soft Rains” the author, Ray Bradbury writes about a detrimental nuclear explosion that has wiped out the entire human race. One thing is left standing, a smart house which had been designed to fit the needs of a human's everyday life. The house spends it’s day going through a scheduled routine, but when a tree falls through a window causing a substantial amount of damage, everything starts to plummet. The family is gone, and the house has to figure out how to survive in these harsh conditions. Bradbury uses characterization and irony to convey the theme that humans are starting to be replaced by advanced technology. Throughout the story, characterization shines through developing a very strong theme. In the
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Near the end of the story, the house was getting ready for it’s night time dues as it asks a question, and with no response, “The voice said at last, ‘Since you express no preference, I shall select a poem at random.’ ” (103) This is ironic because it shows that the house still doesn’t realize there are no longer humans. As the reader, you know the humans are gone but, this house keeps insisting they are there. This demonstrates the theme, because the house keeps going. The humans have ceased to exist, however the house still goes about it’s business, oblivious to their absence. If the house can exist without humans, it’s a logical conclusion that technology will have the capability to take our place one day. Another example of irony is when the house slowly started to fall apart, “At ten o’clock the house began to die. “ (104) This is ironic because we all know houses can’t die. Now, the house is starting to develop personal traits. Living things can only die, therefore the house is being taken on as a living thing relating back to the theme that is technology is starting to replace humans by taking on human characteristics. The final example of irony relating to the theme is at the end of the story. Although all this trauma has happened the house still continues to persevere through, “ ‘Today is August 5, 2026, today is August 5, 2026, today is…’ ” (107) It is ironic because as the reader you know that all humans are
Near the end of the story, the house was getting ready for it’s night time dues as it asks a question, and with no response, “The voice said at last, ‘Since you express no preference, I shall select a poem at random.’ ” (103) This is ironic because it shows that the house still doesn’t realize there are no longer humans. As the reader, you know the humans are gone but, this house keeps insisting they are there. This demonstrates the theme, because the house keeps going. The humans have ceased to exist, however the house still goes about it’s business, oblivious to their absence. If the house can exist without humans, it’s a logical conclusion that technology will have the capability to take our place one day. Another example of irony is when the house slowly started to fall apart, “At ten o’clock the house began to die. “ (104) This is ironic because we all know houses can’t die. Now, the house is starting to develop personal traits. Living things can only die, therefore the house is being taken on as a living thing relating back to the theme that is technology is starting to replace humans by taking on human characteristics. The final example of irony relating to the theme is at the end of the story. Although all this trauma has happened the house still continues to persevere through, “ ‘Today is August 5, 2026, today is August 5, 2026, today is…’ ” (107) It is ironic because as the reader you know that all humans are