Technology in There Will Come Soft Rains
Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” has multiple conversations about the importance, and possible downfall, of relying on technology. The story gives the reader a glimpse into the future of how humans and technology would exist hand in hand. Analyzing the story shows that humans rely too much on the technology of their time. In this story, Ray Bradbury was trying to prove that humans will destroy themselves with their dependence on technology and robotics.
The house throughout the story says gentle reminders for the family. Page 1 states, “’Today is
August 4, 2026," said a second voice from the kitchen ceiling, "in the city of Allendale,
California.’ It repeated the date three times for memory's
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The humans also rely on robots to do daily chores for them as well since they cannot even complete basic tasks for themselves. Page 2 says, “For not a leaf fragment blew under the door but what the wall panels flipped open and the copper scrap rats flashed swiftly out. give the title again offending dust, hair, or paper, seized in miniature steel jaws, was raced back to the burrows.
There, down tubes which fed into the cellar, it was dropped into the sighing vent of an incinerator which sat like evil Baal in a dark corner.” The robots further the human’s inability to do anything on their own. They do not wash their own dishes, sweep, vacuum, or cook. The house takes care of almost everything.
Technology is also raising the children in the story. Page 3 says, “’Nine-five. A voice spoke from the study ceiling: ‘Mrs. McClellan, which poem would you like this evening?’ The house was silent. The voice said at last, ‘Since you express no preference, I shall select a poem at random.’
Quiet music rose to back the voice. ‘Sara Teasdale. As I recall, your favourite...’” This shows the mother did not even read bedtime stories to her kids, the house did. She relied on the house