THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS (TONE)

1. Bradbury is showing how advanced and impressive man’s technological accomplishments are. Yet he is also cautioning us about the destructive power of our technical creations. The story’s protagonist an automated house is impressively helpful, but it is also mindless, emotionless, and meaningless after its human occupants have been killed by other technology.  Although the technologically advanced house “outlives” its human occupants, it is ultimately destroyed by a simple falling tree branch that catches it on fire.  Bradbury suggests that although technology can destroy and outlive its human creators, nature can destroy technology and all traces of humanity.  Not only are our technological and artistic accomplishments meaningless without us, they are quickly erased.

2. Actually, this story is frightening. Because it shows the dangerous of the technology. If we keep developing technology, in the future we may not talk to each other. The author wants me to cry by showing technological accomplishments. I feel so sad about this and experience anger.

3. Author wants the reader must deduce from setting details and sensory imagery that the story is set in a technologically advanced yet apocalyptic future where all humans including the occupants of the house have been killed off by an atomic bomb. 

Bradbury uses personification to transform the house from mere setting into the story’s protagonist, depicting it as a living organism. At first, the reader feels sympathy for the house which demonstrates admirable loyalty and diligence by continuing to assist with its family’s daily routines despite their absence.  But as the story continues, this automated dedication stops feeling like care and is revealed for what it truly is

THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS (SYMBOLISM)

1. The robots represent mans attempt to be a god, which happened to fail miserably when Bradbury writes "the house was like and altar, with 9000 robot attendants. But the gods had gone away" this shows that man is trying to be a god, and is having an attempt at creating "life", which fails, and in the end it is the same technology that kills him. The house being an altar is a symbol, and the robots attendants are a symbol.

2. Robots become tragic symbols for man's dreams and hopes gone away. Robot has symbolic meaning which is man attempt to be a god, which happened to fail miserably. We see a happy family, children playing ball, mother picking flowers and father mowing the lawn. The house kept them happy and contented "even when the world trembled."

3. There's no person in the story.

4. It contributes that technology is harmful to man but nature will always beat technology as evidenced by the tree falling and knocking over the chemicals, creating the fire that burns down the house. I find the above view to be inadequate. I think Bradbury was writing a poignant poem, lauding man's great accomplishments, but expressing sadness over our capacity to destroy ourselves. It showed our great works outliving us, still trying to serve us, but without our spark, our creativity and our presence to maintain it, it inevitably perished.

5. One symbol used throughout the story. Because it's showing all about the technology which ruins our life.