Monday, November 9, 2009

There Will Come Soft Rains

Title of Selection: There Will Come Soft Rains
Author: Ray Bradury
Prereading: I think the world will change a little bit with new developments in technologies and such.
Plot/Reaction:
Time of Day What is happening in the story?
7:00 getting up
7:45 breakfast time
8:05 go to work/school
9:15 time to clean
10:00 sun came out from behind the rain
10:15 garden sprinklers turned on
12:00 dog whined, shivering, on the front porch
2:00 mice hummed out
2:15 the dog was gone
2:35 tables, cards, martinis, and music appeared but untouched
4:00 the tables folded back into the walls
5:00 bath filled with water
6,7,8.00 dishes were washed
9:00 beds warmed their hidden circuits
9:05 voice spoke from the study ceiling
10:00 the house began to die
Questions:
Why wasn't their any people in this story?
What is the point of this story?
Quote: "At 10.00 the house began to die."

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