There Will Come Soft Rains Dystopian

Not Every Thing Is What It Seems
“There Will Come Soft Rains” and “By the Waters of Babylon” are both dystopian stories. Both stories take place in the world after a nuclear bomb. Throughout the book they gave us hints to learn that the cities have been destroyed. There was a lesson to be learned in “By the Waters of Babylon” and that lesson is that all knowledge comes with a price.
“There Will Come Soft Rains” setting takes place in a house that is still standing after a nuclear bomb. The house continues to go on even though everyone is dead. The entire west face of the house was black, save for five places. On the side of the house is a the silhouette in paint of a man mowing a lawn. Here, as in a photograph, a woman bent to pick flowers. Still farther over, their images burned on wood in one titanic instant, a small boy,

“There Will Come Soft Rains” has a sad and eerie tone to it. The house demonstrates eerie by repeating the date like so-"Today is August 5, 2026, today is August 5, 2026, today is…". The house also demonstrates sadness by going on like it’s a normal day even though everyone is dead.Which is very similar to “By the Waters of Babylon”, this book has a more of a confused tone to it. When John would talk about the gods and the dead places even though it was a destroyed new york and the gods were them. it’s sad as well, like when the dogs are chasing John it 's probably because they want an owner. Both books have a sad demeanor to it. When the authors used tone in these stories they were trying to make you feel the sadness that they were feeling. When you read “There Will Come Soft Rains” you feel the sad and eerie feeling as the house continues to say and do things even though there is no one there. This is similar when reading “By the Waters of Babylon”, you feel sad when you realize that people have been sent back to earlier times. Forgetting everything that they ever