There Will Come Soft Rains Literary Devices

According to Dictionary.com, theme is defined as “the subject of a talk, piece of writing, person’s thoughts, or exhibition; a topic.” In the short story, “There Will Come Soft Rains”, the author, Ray Bradbury uses personification and onomatopoeia to illustrate the theme, which is technology outliving modern society. He uses these specific literary devices to demonstrate the devastation of humanity and technological advances in order to build up his dystopian story.
Firstly, the imperative theme or idea that was being conveyed by the author within the short story was how technology outlived all of humanity to an alarming extent. This is evident on the first and second paragraphs when it it stated, “In the living room, the voice-clock sang, ‘Tick-tock, seven o’clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven o’clock!’ as if it were afraid that nobody would. The morning house lay empty. The clocked ticked on, repeating and repeating its sounds into the emptiness” (Bradbury 1). This demonstrates that, although modern technology in the household

Evidence of this is shown in the first paragraph when it reads, “‘In the living room, the voice-clock sang,’”Tick-tock, seven o’clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven o’clock!’ as if it were afraid that nobody would. The morning house lay empty. The clock ticked on, repeating and repeating its sounds into the emptiness. Seven-nine, breakfast time, seven-nine! In the kitchen, the breakfast stove gave a hissing sigh and ejected from its warm interior eight pieces of perfectly browned toast, eight eggs sunny side up, sixteen slices of bacon, two coffees, and two cool glasses of milk.” (Bradbury 1) This shows that the household is far from ordinary by performing specific tasks quicker than any human being can do. The place is filled with technological advances that replaces manual labour as a