![]() ![]() ![]() Machines and robots are not human and therefore cannot posses human qualities. Picasso and Matisse have produced some of the most valued masterpieces that have ever been created and the fire just burns them away. The narrator describes the fire as “…crackl up the stairs” and “…feeding on Picasso’s and Matisse’s” (Bradbury 3). As the story draws to a close, a fire breaks loose in the house and burns everything in its path. People are able to cook their own toast to the way they want it. ![]() ![]() But unfortunately, it lacks the ability to cook the toast to perfection it is programmed to make it hard as a rock. The stove makes the majority of the food in the house for the family. She discusses a “stove that cooks by itself, a miracle we all might want, unfortunately creates ‘toast that was like stone’” (Hicks 236). In the story, everything is computerized, including the kitchen appliances. In an essay by Jennifer Hicks, the author discusses the different images in “There Will Come Soft Rains” and their negative connections. They are simply “angry” at having to pick up the mess, and shortly after, the dogs corpse. However since the mice are robotic, they are incapable of feeling these emotions. Say a human were in the house, they would find treatment for the dog or at least feel sympathy for the dog’s situation. Instead of feeling sympathy and compassion for the dog, the robotic mice are “annoyed” at the mess he’s made. ![]()
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