Wednesday, September 26th
•Agenda:
– Journal
– Review Vocab
– Read and
discuss There
Will Come Soft
Rains (pg. 326)
•Reminders:
– Vocabulary
Quiz on
Monday
Journal 9/26/12
1.)What do you think is the most
important piece of technology we possess
today?
2.)Do you consider yourself “dependent” on
technology? If so, how?
3.)Do you think technology is taking over?
*Please answer all questions and explain
your responses. 6-8 sentences
Vocabulary
• Silhouette (n.) – an outline that appears dark against
a light background
• Paranoia (n.) – an irrational fear of danger or
misfortune
• Manipulate (v.) – to move, operate, or handle
• Tremulous (adj.) – trembling, unsteady
• Oblivious (adj.) – paying no attention; unaware
• Sublime (adj.) – supreme, splendid
• Dart (v.) – to move swiftly or suddenly
• Quiver (v.) – to shake with slight but rapid motion;
tremble
• Cellar (n.) – an underground room or story (usually
used as storage)
• Fragment (n.) – a piece of something that is broken
off or detached
There Will Come Soft Rains
Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury
• Bradbury was born
August 22, 1920. He
died June 5, 2012 at the
age of 91.
• He is a famous horror,
sci-fi, mystery and
fantasy writer.
• Best known works are
Fahrenheit 451, The
Illustrated Man, and
Dandelion Wine.
Ray Bradbury
• His most chilling stories comment on the
human consequence of progress.
• “Science ran too far ahead of us too quickly,”
Bradbury once remarked, “and the people got
lost in a mechanical wilderness.”
• Bradbury has lived to see some of his
frightening concerns come true.
There Will Come Soft Rains
• The short story is an excerpt from a collection
entitled The Martian Chronicles.
• The collection was published in 1950.
• Many of the short stories were based on a
futuristic society.
• Like many authors, Bradbury was inspired by
the events that took place around him.
There Will Come Soft Rains
• Science fiction writers of this period often
created works featuring utopias (ideal worlds)
in which machines freed people of difficult
tasks.
• In There Will Come Soft Rains, Bradbury
challenges the idea by presenting a society
harmed by modern technology.
Hiroshima
• On Monday, August 6,
1945 the first atomic
bomb was dropped on
the Japanese city of
Hiroshima.
• It killed 80,000 people
instantly.
• Over the next year, more
than 100,000 people died
from radiation
poisoning.