There Will Come Soft Rains

Title: "August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains" (1950)
Author: Ray Bradbury
Date: 10/22/08


Prereading: What will the world look like in the year 2026?


Plot/Reaction:
7:00- Wake up
7:45- Breakfast time
8:10- School/work time
8:30- Breakfast not eaten thrown away
9:15- Robots clean the room
10:00- Sun came out from behind the rain
10:15- Garden sprinklers turned on
12:00- The front door lets a dog inside
2:00- The dog decayed and cleaning mice were released
2:15- The incinderator burned the dog
2:35- Tables and playing cards were set up as well as music being played
4:00- Tables folded back up and went away
4:30- The nursey came to life and animals moved and sang all around the walls
5:00- The bath filled up with water
6:00- Dinner dishes came out, a fire was started in the fire place and a cigar was lit ready to be smoked
7:00- ""
8:00- ""
9:00- The electric blankets turned out in the beds
9:25- A voice reads a poem to a nonexistant Mrs. McClellan
10:00- A tree crashed into the window and knocked over cleaning liquid into the kitchen stove which started the house on fire


Questions:
- How did all the people die?
- Was there an atomic bomb that this house is the only one standing?


Quotes: "Dawn showed faintly in the east. Among the ruins, one wall stood alone. Within the wall, a last voice said, over and over again and again, ever as the sun rose to shine upon the heaped rubble and steam:
"Today is August 5, 2026, today is August 5, 2026, today is..."." p. 4
This quote signifies what the world could come to if we had another world war. It creates an image in our mind for us to see how horrible the ending of that war would truly be.