Technology

What has Technology come to? Technology in present time has become so advanced it has affected the lifestyles that people are accustomed to. Students can conceive up to 16 hours a day, starting from early dawn to later in the day; the constant use never stops. While the fascination of technology keeps increasing the improvement rises as well. Albert Einstein once said, "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity." With that said, two stories have both been bared upon by different outcomes from the use of technology. Both "The Veldt" and "There Will Come Soft Rains", share symbolism, personification, and similes that help support the theme. Ray Bradbury's "The Veldt", had a symbolic detail to focus in on. The lions in the story can represent death. Because the story says, "You see, there are the lions, far over that way. Now they're on their way to the water hole, they've just been eating."(“The Veldt”, 1) The Hadleys were in the the nursery when they were experiencing the beastly creatures. At a point in the story a scream was heard while inside the nursery. The lions approached them, so they fled out of the scene. Their meaning was portraying something more usual than just an animal in the wild. "There Will Come Soft Rains" was also presented with symbolism. "They're will come soft rains and the smell of the ground" (“Soft Rains”, 618), represents the radioactivity during a nuclear war. Ash falls from the sky because people decided to destroy human life by the use of the nuclear bomb. While the explosion happened, it had no physical affect on the house. Only because it was too busy already saving itself. In both short stories the houses had a vast amount of dependency. When something seemed to occur, the homes already had responsibility of it. They controlled the situations and even manipulated them. Contrasting both stories, "The Veldt" gave a more negative aspect on technology use because of the events that took place.