The Story There Will Come Soft Rains was written to allude to the impacts war can have (the story was published in 1950, during the cold war). the Story is about a super technologically advanced house that has automated every task, cleaning, cooking, etc. We learn however there are no people living in that house, in fact there are no people left, this was all due to a nuclear war. The only living creature we are introduced to be the old family dog who quite literally died as soon as it arrived back to it family’s home. The house is unable to recognize that the family is gone, and there will never be residence ling in it again, so when a small fire is started due to a mistake in the automation, a windstorm enlarges the flames consuming the house, thus ending the story.
Discission Questions:
- Ray Bradbury created this automated house to be our Pov character, why do you think that is?
- What message do you think Ray Bradbury was trying to convey?