“In making certain things easier for people, technology has actually demotivated people from using their brains. We all have these devices that keep us connected, and yet we’re more disconnected than ever before. Why is that?” – Emilio Estevez. Technology is taking over the world. Not only cell phones and the internet but things such as house appliances. How about when the power goes out? Do you often get mad about it? Are you able to cook meals? Chances are, coming from me, I get mad and the house gets cold. This world is too reliant on technology that we can’t enjoy every moment we have and what happens in the real world. So what is it about technology that we always rely on? In the future, could this wreck our universe? “There Will come…show more content… In “There Will Come Soft Rains” man no longer has a role. A fully-automated house announces that it is time to wake up but there are no people in it. “Tick-tock, seven o’clock, time to get up, time to get up, even o’clock” (471). The house does every role that a human would. It cleans up after itself, it bathes itself, it turns the sprinklers on. At 12 o’clock noon, the house opens for the dog that is starved and limpy. The dog is in bad shape because there is no one there to keep it healthy. The table brought out the food to the people who were not at the house. They also put themselves away and leave the house back to normal. In the story “By the Waters of Babylon” man exists but has been relegated to this most primitive state. It is set in the future following a destruction of the civilization. It is narrated by the son of a priest. “It is forbidden to cross the great river and look upon the Place of Gods- this is most strictly forbidden” (457). Outside of what he sees, he will never know what happened. He goes onto to Place of God’s so he can experience and observe what has happened amongst the…show more content… In “There Will Come Soft Rains” and “By the Waters of Babylon” the civilization/towns got destroyed by the past population. “There Will Come Soft Rains” is in a town that previously got nuked from the people that lived in the town. On the side of the house, the family that lived there was burnt onto the side of the house. “The fire burst the house and let it slam flat down, puffing out skirts of spark and smoke” (476). With only "smoke and silence" remaining, a voice announces that it is August 5, 2026. The city in “By the Waters of Babylon”, it was destroyed by war. The son of priest realized they were normal people. “When gods war with gods, they use weapons we do not know. It was fire falling out of the sky and a mist that poisoned. It was the time of Great Burning and the Destruction” (466). The previous civilization has been wrecked by
