A Comparison Of The Future In Bradbury's Science Fiction?

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Have you ever questioned that science fiction books were trying to warn us about the future? The ones that come out with ideas that might happen soon though are four of his science fiction stories. These four are: "The Pedestrian", "The Veldt", "There Will Come Soft Rains", and "A Sound of Thunder". These stories all involve problems with the future and the technology that comes with it that Bradbury sees happening soon.

First, "The Pedestrian", is a really good story for showing how we might care about the outside world anymore in the future. One quote that helps expand this from the story is, "'And there is air in your house, and you have an air conditioner, Mr. Mead?' 'Yes.' 'And you have a viewing screen in your house to see with?'"('The …show more content…

One of the many quotes from this story that helps convey this is, "'Don't let them do it!' wailed Peter at the ceiling, as if he was talking to the house, the nursery. 'Don't let Father kill everything.' He turned to his father. 'Oh, I hate you!' 'Insults won't get you anywhere.' 'I wish you were dead!'"("The Veldt"). This quote is,by far, one of the most powerful of the story and conveys the whole topic flawlessly. Firstly, in this story, he thinks the nursery is more important than his father, which in our world, would translate to thinking that computers are more important than parents. This happens a lot right now, but it might not got noticed. There are many kids glued to phones and laptops, anywhere and everywhere. This is mostly done by the new generation and is very close to reality. Secondly, the worship people can give their electronics are sometimes like a parent. Sometimes, they don't even listen to their parents anymore. Many children nowadays, learn from the people of YouTube and learn bad habits from those people they watch. They don't learn from parents anymore, which leads to them worshiping it like a parent. Lastly in the story, he even kills his own parents with the machine as they were going to turn it off. This can be translated in real life, although different, as hurting oneself/parent. Though this is the least likely one to happen, …show more content…

The quote from this story that helps realize this is, "Smoke and silence. A great quantity of smoke. Dawn showed faintly in the east. Among the ruins, one wall stood alone. Within the wall, a last voice said, over and over again and again, even as the sun rose to shine upon the heaped rubble and steam: 'Today is August 5, 2026, today is August 5, 2026, today is...'" ("There will come soft rains"). This quote shows that even though everything else is gone, it will still stand and work until rusted. Firstly, they can last longer than human beings currently. This means they can outlive us, It is also infer-able that there is some kind of robot to do some maintenance to the other to keep the others going. They other is that all of mankind suddenly died and this is only a few weeks or days after. Secondly, the machines in this story sometimes remind me of Sky-Net. They might be able to think on their own and might rebel and go against us, however, they could also be programmed to seem this way. Lastly, Depending on the machines, they could kill all of mankind and nature, thus, would outlive us. This is the latter of the other, but could happen, and is happening right now. Pollution is killing the planet and that kills the plants, which would kill us as we can't produce

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