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Soft Rains Will Come is a short story by Ray Bradbury about the high-tech smart home in a post-human world. Bradbury wrote and published this story in one of his most acclaimed short story collections, "The Martain Chronicles" in 1951. Written in that era when many people were deeply concerned about the devastating effects of nuclear weapons, this story describes the world under which humans are victims of nuclear force distraction. The short story is about a planet devoid of humans. The story goes that nuclear war wiped people off the face of the earth and what was left was just a house. There Will Come Soft Rains focuses on world annihilation and human disappearance. The author talks openly about life after humans are gone. In There Will Come Soft Rains, Bradbury talks about a high-tech virtual house that continues to go about its daily routine even though its occupants are dead and gone. The story clearly talks about the technological revolution, as well as atomic war, and its consequences on society. The irony of this story is based on the fact that humans have been victims of destruction rather than beneficiaries of their own technological inventions. The atomic bombings that occurred in Nagasaki and Hiroshima in Japan are some of the recent reminders of 1951. Many readers and critics consider Bradbury's images of the desolate planet disturbing and cautionary. The story mentions the fact that machines have prevailed over humans, and in one way or another, it provides an insight into the fact that humanity may have fallen under the authoritative nuclear bomb (Hedin 53). History shows that Bradbury was a far ahead man... middle of paper... people must purify themselves to the best possible levels and try to practice good without sin, without forgetting the history of their struggles, failures and encouragement of poor and unfortunate to continue fighting. All people have two eyes provided to them by God so that they can see everything that the light-year world would not see on its own. People also have hands to touch the miraculous and have hearts to do incredible things (Bradbury 47). One of the most interesting questions concerns how conflicting Bradbury's desires are. There is some indication that he desires the possible return to simpler, but advanced times on unknown planets. He wishes he had the chance to ditch the machinery and board a rocket to Mars. What is clear in this situation is that the author is advocating possible changes in the status quo.