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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. Both stories are futuristic and are ruled by beings other than humans. In "Bedtime Story", the world has been destroyed by humans, they have killed almost all mammals and have destroyed the world, making it unsuitable for them to live ... in. Ants take over the world and inadvertently kill the last man as he hunts a monkey. In "There will come soft rains", the world has been abandoned and all the houses ex...

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2. There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury

... increase the reader's interest in the story and keep his or her attention. A literary device used by many authors is symbolism or, more distinctly, personification. Personification helps the author to establish mood and to build imagery in a piece of writing. 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 a...

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3. Ray Bradbury Writing Style

... the beginning. Whether the reader continues to read on or not depends strongly on the first few lines. Writing intriguing beginnings is Bradbury's strongest writing aspect. In There Will Come Soft Rains he captures the readers" attention by describing the house's routine in the morning. Emphasizing on the fact that the house is capable of fully functioning without people. Often he begins his stories with a ... green death to the time before the beginning. His long sentence flows creating a rhythm. At the same time, he describes time going backward. A similar example is in Bradbury's 195...

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4. The Only Consistency Is Inconsistency

... of flaws still remain unaddressed. Third, and finally, Bradbury's transitions were somewhat hard to follow at times, the most notable being after the study scene where the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains" was being read by an automated computer recorder. One moment things were calm and serene inside the house, and all seemed well, when out of the blue "a falling tree bough crashed through ... has died and must be removed (Chronicles 168-169). And later, it again reflects its creators" inherent flaws by showing signs of paranoia and engaging in psychopathic behavior (Gallagher 211). Thoug...

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5. 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. In 1931 he began using butcher paper ... "Maggie" McClure, who he married in 1947. They had four daughters, Susan, Ramona, Bettina, and Alexandra. He currently has eight grandchildren, and lectures part time. "There Will Come Soft Rains" is a very intriguing story that revolves around the future. At the beginning of the book, the author gives no outside information as to what is going on. It ... still fighting mankind, what can this house do for you when...

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6. Steinbecks Novels

... been a mirror image of her reality. Juana's husband was caught in a twisted realm of mirrors, and they were all shattered one by one. In the night he heard a "sound so soft that it might have been simply a thought..." and quickly attacked the trespasser. This is where the problems for Juana and her family began ... La Paz the peasants were uneducated and probably had never heard of a superstition. The peasants only reliability, their only scapegoat was God. God had always been there to aid them in their times of need. The first reaction of Juana when seeing the scorpion is a good example...

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8. Aspects of Life in Of Mice and Men

... experiencing it: sex, age, and race.  One character in "Of Mice and Men" that represents loneliness is Crooks. "Guys don't come into a colored man's room very much"" (71). Crooks is a black man that isn't treated equally from the other workers because ... disabled housekeeper.  The most obvious form of discrimination is skin color. Crooks is discriminated because of his skin color. "They play cards in there, but I can't play because I'm black. They say I stink. "(pg. 34) This quote illustrates how the boys on the farm ... delicately. Friendship True friends are people who know your fau...

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9. Of Mice and Men

... Every time something dies, the dream seems more unrealistic. When the mouse dies, we are made aware of his strength and child like behaviour of being drawn to continuously touch soft things. The death of the puppy clearly indicates that Lennie is not being able to tend the rabbits. His own dream is unrealistic. At times, I felt disappointed in George ... security he needs and George now has the faith and finance to believe that the dream he has always told to Lennie will come true. They dare to dream and risk disappointment as they plan to buy a ranch of their own by the end of the mont...

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