Another one of Bradbury’s criticisms is the amount of selfishness in his stories. In one of his writings, There Will Come Soft Rains, shows this. The house in the story is a futuristic helper for the ones that live in it. Cleaning, and making food, doing everything for them. But one day the owners, and everyone, are nowhere to be seen. The house still does its automated duties like should, but then the elements of the outside world start getting to it, and a starving dog comes into the house leaving behind muddy prints that the house has to clean up. The house doesn't approve of the dying dog's actions, so in return the house doesn't help the dog in any way. Instead, it tortures the dog by making pancakes behind an inaccessible door, and the