Without people there is an eerie silence in the world, but he shows us that it does not stop the continuation of it. Bradbury takes us through the day by way of small details or pieces of life either provided by the house, like the quantity of breakfast, or simply present in the world, like the soft August rain that falls upon it. We experience the haunting loneliness that only an extinct human race could incite through the lens of this house. This story has a lot to say through certain redundant themes. The sun then rises on the ashen skeleton of what was once this house. Ultimately the house catches fire in the evening, burns all night, and collapses early the next morning, despite its many and varied attempts to extinguish the fire, into a charred heap. The family dog starves to death in the afternoon, receiving no consolation from the house who has also lost its masters. The automated house goes through its daily routine of cooking, cleaning, reminding, etc., but to no point. It is August 4th, 2026 and it seems that all humans have been killed in some kind of fiery nuclear apocalypse and this house is the last left in a land of rubble that was once a city of people. It surrounds a day in the life of a futuristic home equipped with nearly every convenience save for a family to serve. There Will Come Soft Rains is a story by Ray Bradbury that was published in 1950.
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