What Are The Rhetorical Devices Used In There Will Come Soft Rain

Imagine not having technology, it seems unbearable, but back then technology was not always a necessity. In “The Pedestrian” and “Harrison Bergeron” by Ray Bradbury, the stories evaluate technology in the future and the outcome it produces. Both stories include conformities and “rebels” who choose to go against society. The two stories both predict the future because they interpret the loss of individuality and freedom due to technology. Technology can take away a person’s character and choice.

Finally, the author uses irony to make the reader laugh. An example of irony, “...Looked at the screen with adoration and joy.” (P.215) This is funny because of Hiccup’s excited reaction, and he didn’t know Sneezes mom was pregnant, and was funny and unexpected because Hiccup lost his long case of hiccups when he found out. The next example, “Where should I take it?” (P.80) This is humorous because when the teacher says, “take a seat,” It is obvious that she means, sit at your

Ray Bradbury and Pauline Johnson both use very effective symbolism to demonstrate both protagonists gloomy mood. In “The Pedestrian,”

As robots and A.I’s continue to evolve, it is beginning to seem as if humans are becoming obsolete. In reality, human are necessary in order to preserve the life of technology. In There Will Come Soft Rains, Bradbury depicts how even without humans, nature continue to live on. Although technology has destroyed all of mankind, it cannot

“All kinds of creative possibilities are made possible by science and technology which now constitute the slave of man, if man is not enslaved by it” as quoted by Jonas Salk during a speech about the technological advances in modern medicine in the 1950s. In the short stories by Ray Bradbury, he illustrates how the characters are struggling to live with the futuristic capabilities of technology. “The Pedestrian” focuses on a man named Leonard Mead who is the only person in society who does not use the technology in his home, his hobby is to walk. However, he is viewed as an outcast. “The Veldt” focuses on how George and Lydia Hadley figure out how their children’s nursery is powered by their mind and how they use it to have a tragic advantage over their parents in the end. While technology can let people connect to others much more efficiently, Ray Bradbury shows how the characters in his short stories “The Pedestrian” and “The Veldt” prove how technology is capable of isolating people from reality.

​There are many different literary devices that are used in writing to enhance a theme or to carry those themes throughout a storyline. In The Hunger Games and The Road, irony is used in bringing attention to the theme of humanity and carrying it from beginning to the end of the novels. It is used in writing to contrast between “what is expected or understood and what actually happens or is meant” (Puchner i). In The Road, McCarthy uses irony to show the difference between what we would expect from a humane perspective and how those left have fallen so far from those expectations. One instance of this irony occurred when the father and son observed two men and a pregnant woman traveling on the road. Later, when these travelers were

The mood, the setting, and the tone in the short story “The Pedestrian,” written by Ray Bradbury, all contribute to deepening the plot and making connections with the theme. Mood plays a big role in the story, tying into the theme: value individuality. In the beginning of the story, the scene is described very mysterious, quiet, and calm.

Then, later on, when Billy and the landlady are having tea, Billy notices that the pets he has seen earlier are actually stuffed so then, “[Billy] put out a hand and touched [the dachshund]...The back was hard and cold, and ... he could see the skin underneath, grayish black and dry and perfectly preserved” (1). Irony is used when the factor of seeing the animals in the house is what made the landlady’s house seem comforting while the animals are actually stuffed. From the irony, Billy is characterized as naive and optimistic because he does not realize that the landlady seems suspicious due to the fact that there are not any more good signs about the landlady. Readers are surprised that Billy hasn’t noticed that there is nothing comforting about the house anymore and want to know whether Billy will catch on to the fact that the landlady seems untrustworthy. Ironic characterization is also used in “The Hitchhiker.” When the hitchhiker reveals his job to the narrator he says, ‘“I'm a professional fingersmith.’ He spoke the words…proudly, as though

The author effectively used the humorous element, verbal irony, throughout the story to exhibit a spark of humor. An example of verbal irony the author used in the story is "Forest? Forest is passé, I mean, I've had it with all this wilderness stuff. It's not a right image of our society, today. Let's have some urban for a change", this is ironic because this is the exact opposite of what we are used to.

In The Pedestrian, Bradbury’s excellent use of diction contribute to the overarching theme that while technology can be a good thing, it is best to be wary of it. In the short story, the citizens of the city where Mead lives are so dependent on their technology and are so engrossed in their tech that it has made them mentally dead. This truth is seen in lines such as “where the people sat like the dead” (para. 25) and “it was not unequal to walking through a graveyard” (para. 2). These quotes and more prove the theory that the denizens of the city are mentally dead through the imagery they provided, by comparing them to the dead and the town to a graveyard. In the part of being wary of technology, the denizens see walking for enjoyment as an act of insanity. This is seen when Mead is arrested and sent to a psychiatric

Through the use of stylistic devices and character, Bradbury conveys his theme of the destructiveness of technology. He shows the reader that if technology reaches a point where it is doing daily chores and simple tasks for society, then we

This simple yet thoughtful question began with a dream. A dream multiple adults were having including the husband himself, the wife, employees at the husbands office and a woman that lived on their block. Yet, the people throughout the town were not talking about it, nor was it published in the newspaper. Furthermore, Bradbury expressed the feeling of carelessness regardless of their knowledge upon the world ending that night. Through this, Bradbury was able to convey irony because although the characters knew the world was ending, they continued to remain calm and not “screaming in the streets” (Bradbury

In the short story, “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury, is an example of dystopian literature. First and foremost, a characteristic of dystopian literature is that citizens live in a dehumanized state. This is shown in the story when, “In the ten years of walking by night or day, for thousands of miles, he had never met another person walking, not once in all that time.” This quote supports the thesis in that people are not allowed to do the simplest task of walking without reason, or acting without reason. This is a dehumanized state of life, due to there being such a thing as cabin fever, and that it is one of the most common activities of humans. To add to this, “The tombs, ill-lit by television light, where the people sat like the dead,

"Irony is a device that protects him (the artist) from the pain of his experience so that he may use it objectively in his art(Susquehanna. "New Critical")." In The Glass Menagerie, it is ironic how Tom speaks badly of his father and his leaving home but in the end he leaves home just like his father, the man "in love with long distances (Williams 30)''. The fact that Amanda wants what is best for her children is ironic because she worries so much over it that she doesn't realize what is best for them.

    Bradbury first use of situational irony is when the smart house continues to follow the daily routine that it was programmed to do, despite the fact that there was no one living in the house anymore.  Ray Bradbury tells us running down the charred west side where the house had been burned evenly free of its white paint. The entire west face of the house was black, save for five places (1). These five black spots on the wall