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            The stories By the Waters of Babylon and There Will Come Soft Rains both show the weaknesses in man's technology. In both instances man was drastically hurt by a technological war. In There Will Come Soft Rains man was eliminated altogether, from the details the author gives. The setting of these two stories becomes an important piece of information to further the story. The two main characters, john and the house, share similarities with each other. Through the descriptive details of the authors one can get a good idea what would happen if technology ever was put to the wrong use.
             The stories both take place in the United States. By the Waters of Babylon takes place in New York while There Will Come Soft Rains happens in California. The significance of this is the technological superiority of the United States to the rest of the world. It is only fitting that an end from technology would come to the most advanced parts of the world. Today the technology in the stories is starting to emerge. Nuclear weapons, automated street lights, and canned food are some things people today can identify that were "advanced technology" in the stories. Both of the stories are set in the future. Technology at the time of these stories reached its maximum limit given by nature. Nature "realized" the limit had been reached and retook what naturally belonged to it. In There Will Come Soft Rains fire retook what was nature's while in By the Waters of Babylon it was man that sent itself back into nature's clutch.
             In the story By the Waters of Babylon the main character was John. He was a priest and a son of a priest. This was made very clear through repetition. He was also developed through his thoughts of his people. This would make John a round character. His people in the beginning in the gods live on the other side of the river. John is just like any one of them. John is a bit more courageous, however. He decides to venture into the land of the gods.


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1. Comparing "Bedtime story" and "There Will Come Soft Rains"

The similarities of the two stories, "Bedtime story" and ," There will come soft rains", are the time period, unrealistic rulers, the death of a species, and the chronological similarities. ... In "There will come soft rains", the world has been abandoned and all the houses except one have been burned to the ground. ... That could be the fire that burns the house down in "Soft rains". The dog in "Soft rains" represents the species that man killed in "Bedtimes story". ... One wall still remains after the fire in "Soft rains", it continues to speak to the people that are not there and it beha...

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2. There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury

In Ray Bradbury's poem, "There Will Come Soft Rains" personification is used to connect the reader with non-human or inanimate objects that are being described in the piece. As with many other literary techniques, there are several examples of personification in "There Will Come Soft Rains" that help to make the text feel more animated and lively, like many aspects of our everyday lives. ... As there are no people in the story, the story was told from the house's point of view. ... As it becomes obvious during the course of the story's development that ther...

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3. Ray Bradbury Writing Style

In There Will Come Soft Rains he captures the readers" attention by describing the house's routine in the morning. ... A similar example is in Bradbury's 1950 story There Will Come Soft Rains, when he portrays the image of the angry robotic mice cleaning: "Behind it whirred angry mice, angry at having to pick up mud, angry at inconvenience." ... Personification is often used in There Will Come Soft Rains to make it appear that the house is alive. ...

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4. Ray Bradbury:

"THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS" Ray Douglas Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920, in Waukegan, Illinois to Leonard and Esther Marie Bradbury. ... "There Will Come Soft Rains" is a very intriguing story that revolves around the future. ... Symbolism: There was a symbol in the title, "There Will Come Soft Rains". ... Verbal Irony: There are many metaphors and similes in this short story. Figurative Language: There are many metaphors and similes in this short story. ...

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5. The Only Consistency Is Inconsistency

"There Will Come Soft Rains" is one of Ray Bradbury's most notable short stories, taken from one of his most popular books, The Martian Chronicles. ... While he did in fact add more vivacity to "Soft Rains", as in the case of refining the description of the mechanical robot mice that cleaned the unoccupied house (Eller 251), he failed to account for the simplest of things such as where the sickly dog with sores had come from, whom the house recognized by voice when it whined outside and allowed it to enter (Chronicles 168). ... Third, and finally, Bradbury's transitions were somewh...

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6. Laurelhurst Park

After it rains, the pine trees fill the air with their scent, and you can feel difference in each breath you take. ... Often I will visit the park with a friend. Walking with each other there is different than at school. ... We are never expected, or required to go there, so it feels different when you talk to them. ... And that in time, through loss comes new life....

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7. Contrast in Sir Gawain

These rains allow the plant life to put on "gowns of green ", which carries connotations of fanciness and gaiety. ... The wind is "soft ", and the carefree birds "blithely sing ". ... The harvest wind "warns him to ripen well ere winter comes ". ... The warning is given with full knowledge that winter will arrive with dire consequences, undoing all of the nurturing of the summer weather. ... Snow is a dire peril in winter, as it comes "with great gusts from the north, grievous to bear ". ...

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8. Classification

There is a thick magazine out that is specifically just for these cars. ... In the winter, you will not get stuck in the snow, plus if it is icy, just throw the "bad boy" into for wheel drive (hi or low), and you will have it made. ... Picture this, the top down, radio on, just cruising right along the beach, whether it be in Chicago or maybe you took a road trip to, let's say, Florida, you can bet there will be people looking at you in awe. ... This SUV seats five people, and comes with the all- season tires like the Grand Cherokee. ... The Grand Cherokee and Liberty have smooth rides ...

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9. The Age Of The Great Sphinx

Limestone tends to form into layers of harder or softer stone. ... Of course the softer layers of limestone would be worn quickly and the harder layers at a lower rate. ... When viewing a wind-eroded wall as a profile you would see the softer more receded layers contrasting with the harder jutting layers. ... Egyptologists argued that this is not possible considering there haven't been such rains in Egypt since more than nine thousand years ago. ... (Mysteries of the Sphinx) Many argue that it is a possibility that torrential rains did pour down on the Sphinx causing this type of erosio...

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