There Will Come Soft Rains Analysis

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The Negative Effects of Overdependence on Technology Through Ray Bradbury’s collection of short stories The Martian Chronicles, the theme of the overuse of technology is greatly emphasized through his use of the literary devices: allusion and imagery. To respond to the hysteria of the Cold War, Bradbury criticizes mankind’s ignorance through their improper use and overdependence on technology, which proved to be destructive to society and humanity on Earth. Throughout his anthology, Bradbury utilizes allusion in order to criticize humanity’s corrupt use of technology. In the short story There Will Come Soft Rains, Bradbury alludes to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by describing how “five spots of paint remained, [and] the rest was a thin