There will come soft rains questions
“There Will Come Soft Rains” Question
1. What message about nuclear war do you think Bradbury intended to convey in this story? Explain. (3 marks)
I think Bradbury was trying to convey a sad and negative message about nuclear war. He conveys a sad and negative message by writing how the house continues on with its day to day duties, and really describes the saddening emptiness of the house now that the family is gone, "only silence was here.” The house continues to make them breakfast, lunch and dinner, run their bath, light a cigar and read them poetry even though they aren’t there, making you feel the emptiness of a once family filled house, but now due to nuclear war it will never be the same again. ”Eight-one. tick-tock, eight-one o’clock, off to school, off to work, run, run, eight one! But no doors slammed, no carpets took the soft tread of rubber heels….and the rain tapped on the empty house echoing.” Sadness is also shown when the dog comes back to the house foaming at the mouth slowly dying and going mad from radiation poisoning, signifying the last link of the family is gone, the war outlived them (humans) and won.
2. Explain what has happened to the occupants of the house. Cite specific evidence from the story that supports your explanation. (3 marks)
The family has died of a radioactive bomb. It shows this in the silhouettes remaining of themselves on the side of the house, “The entire west face of the house was black except for five places. Here the silhouettes in paint of a man mowing the lawn, a woman bent to pick flowers. Still farther over, their images burned on wood in one titanic instant, a small boy, hands flung into the air; higher up the, the image of a thrown ball, and opposite him a girl, hands raised to catch a ball that never came down.” The reason there are shadows is because they were incinerated as soon as the bomb was dropped and all that remains are the shadows of the family in there last moments together. The dog survived
1. What message about nuclear war do you think Bradbury intended to convey in this story? Explain. (3 marks)
I think Bradbury was trying to convey a sad and negative message about nuclear war. He conveys a sad and negative message by writing how the house continues on with its day to day duties, and really describes the saddening emptiness of the house now that the family is gone, "only silence was here.” The house continues to make them breakfast, lunch and dinner, run their bath, light a cigar and read them poetry even though they aren’t there, making you feel the emptiness of a once family filled house, but now due to nuclear war it will never be the same again. ”Eight-one. tick-tock, eight-one o’clock, off to school, off to work, run, run, eight one! But no doors slammed, no carpets took the soft tread of rubber heels….and the rain tapped on the empty house echoing.” Sadness is also shown when the dog comes back to the house foaming at the mouth slowly dying and going mad from radiation poisoning, signifying the last link of the family is gone, the war outlived them (humans) and won.
2. Explain what has happened to the occupants of the house. Cite specific evidence from the story that supports your explanation. (3 marks)
The family has died of a radioactive bomb. It shows this in the silhouettes remaining of themselves on the side of the house, “The entire west face of the house was black except for five places. Here the silhouettes in paint of a man mowing the lawn, a woman bent to pick flowers. Still farther over, their images burned on wood in one titanic instant, a small boy, hands flung into the air; higher up the, the image of a thrown ball, and opposite him a girl, hands raised to catch a ball that never came down.” The reason there are shadows is because they were incinerated as soon as the bomb was dropped and all that remains are the shadows of the family in there last moments together. The dog survived