Ray Bradbury's There Will Come Soft Rain

In the short story There Will Come Soft Rains, Ray Bradbury uses literature to prove that when the human race dies out the world will take over, and no one will remember us. This story is about a futuristic house in an apocalyptic setting. The whole town is rubble and has been through a nuclear explosion. As the story progresses, we see the house go through its daily routine as if the family was still there. In his writing, Bradbury makes us realize even though life can be mundane it is better than not living at all. This story starts with what seems to be a normal house. The house goes through its daily routine without any residence. “But the gods had gone away, and the ritual of the religion continued senselessly.” (2 Bradbury) This sentence shows that the house was able to function even though nothing of the town was remaining. At some point there was a realization between the surviving family dog, and the house, that the town was deserted, and the family was non existent. “The dog ran upstairs, hysterically yelping to each door at last realizing, as the house realized, that only silence was here.” (2 Bradbury) At this moment you …show more content…
“Here the silhouette in paint of a man mowing the lawn.” (1 Bradbury) this line claims that this moment, is the only moment that man will be remembered by. He was framed in that point in time. The kids throwing a ball, and the mom picking flowers. These silhouettes are the only information we have about the family. As I was reflecting back on this story, it was very amusing in the way the house was personified. “It quivered at each sound, the house did.” (Bradbury 2) these kind of sentences occur all throughout the story. You get to see how important the family was to the house. Now that the family is gone, you see the house struggle. You feel its pain, and it just shows how lonely it is when you lose