There comes soft rains explanation - Ray Bradbury
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Ray Bradbury's short story 'There Will Come Soft Rains' takes up a common concern of the mid-twentieth century. As technology advanced at a rapid pace, particularly following the development of the atomic bomb in the 1940s, a fear of robots taking the place of humans developed. Some people were concerned that their jobs would someday belong to robots, while others believed that the rate of technological development might outstrip human ability to keep up with the ethical concerns that often accompany technological advances. These concerns about technology naturally made their way into the literary works of the time, and science fiction writers in particular focused on issues like these.
Bradbury focuses on several themes related to these issues in 'There Will Come Soft Rains'. Many of the jobs typically performed by humans have been handed over to robots in the short story. The stove cooks breakfast on its own, and small robot mice clean the house. To some extent, humans have been replaced by technology in this story.
The reader is naturally left to wonder what has become of the house's human residents, and there are few specific clues in the short story. It seems likely that some technological development, invented by humans, has destroyed all the humans on Earth. The dangers of reckless, thoughtless development is one of Bradbury's themes, or the story's main ideas, in 'There Will Come Soft Rains'.
Another theme in the story is that machines can serve as both a help and a hindrance. The machines inside the house are clearly of great benefit as they zoom around cleaning the house. The house contains an oven that cooks breakfast and washes dishes, and robot vacuum cleaners swoop up every particle of dust. Yet a nuclear event has apparently resulted in the destruction of all human life. For every advance in technology, some harm seems to result.
Bradbury focuses on several themes related to these issues in 'There Will Come Soft Rains'. Many of the jobs typically performed by humans have been handed over to robots in the short story. The stove cooks breakfast on its own, and small robot mice clean the house. To some extent, humans have been replaced by technology in this story.
The reader is naturally left to wonder what has become of the house's human residents, and there are few specific clues in the short story. It seems likely that some technological development, invented by humans, has destroyed all the humans on Earth. The dangers of reckless, thoughtless development is one of Bradbury's themes, or the story's main ideas, in 'There Will Come Soft Rains'.
Another theme in the story is that machines can serve as both a help and a hindrance. The machines inside the house are clearly of great benefit as they zoom around cleaning the house. The house contains an oven that cooks breakfast and washes dishes, and robot vacuum cleaners swoop up every particle of dust. Yet a nuclear event has apparently resulted in the destruction of all human life. For every advance in technology, some harm seems to result.
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