He uses it to show the message that technology has advanced so much it is doing what humans should do which makes overuse the technology making s reliant on the machine. These quotes are just parts of the story that help portray the house as almost human like due to its technological capabilities. Then, like mysterious invaders, they popped into their burrows. They thudded against chairs, whirling their mustached runners, kneading the rug nap, sucking gently at hidden dust. The rooms were a crawl with the small cleaning animals, all rubber and metal. ” (“There Will Come Soft Rain”) as well as, “Out of warrens in the wall, tiny robot mice darted. Some specific examples of personification found in There Will Come Soft Rains are, “In the kitchen the breakfast stove gave a hissing sigh and ejected from its warm interior eight pieces of perfectly browned toast, eight eggs sunny side up, sixteen slices of bacon, two coffees, and two cool glasses of milk. In particular, the whole house from There Will Come Soft Rain is personified throughout the story to show off the message that the inhabitants of the house relied on this house for everything they needed. In the story, There Will Come Soft Rains, the use of personification is to build up the story due to the lack of characters in the story. The first tool that is found readily in Bradbury’s stories is personification. The message to be aware of the consequences technology can bring to this world. The usage of tools such as personification, imagery, metaphors, and allusions add to his message that he portrays in his multiple stories. Bradbury uses many tools to engage the reader into the story. What tools does Bradbury use to create meaning? That is the question on our minds while reading his stories.

Imagery in the pedestrian