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| who is the main character in this story | the house |
| The house lacks the ability to do what? | sympathize and have emotions |
| Who is the author of this story | Ray Bradsbury |
| How do you know that this story is in the future | Automation (the house is performing functions and soes not require humans to do it) |
| What do you think happened in this story | Atomic blast that has wiped out Allendale |
| What do you think was wrong with the dog? | radiation poisoning |
| Are the mice real?, How do you know | No, they are made of rubber and metal |
| What job did the mice have? | cleaning up the house |
| This is an unusual story in that it does not contain any what? | any human characters |
| what does the story imply happened to the humans | They were all killed by the blast |
| Examples of the automated chores the house performs are? | wakes the inhabitants up,cleans the house, sets up the car table,cooks meals |
| What is the name of the poem that the house reads? | "There will come soft rains"by Sara Teasdale |
| The house continues to do the chores even though no one is there, this is an example of what? | The inability of the house to be flexible and adapt to change |
| How does the house catch on fire? | the winds blows a tree branch which breaks through the window and knocks over a bottle of cleaning fluid which starts the fire |
| How does the house demonstrate self-preservation? | It tries to put out the fire and save itself |
| The house represents what two things? | The inability technology to replace humans and how inferior it is when faced with nature |
| An example of irony in the story is what? | Humans have been destroyed rather than saved by their technology |
| How do we know that 2 parents, a daughter and son have lived in the house? | They are now five spots of paint against a house covered with a thin charcoal layer. |
| What is the time frame of the story | The story takes place over one day, August 4-August 5 |
| How do we know that the sotry is in the future | The house announced that the Date is August 4, 2026 |
| What does irony mean? | presenting an outcome of a situation that is the opposite of what one would expect. |
| What does the poem "There will come soft rains talk about? | respone to World War I, after the wars are over she says that earth will continue despite all human efforts t prevent it. |
| How does Bradbury use simile? | He says "nerves" of the house, revealed like as if a surgeon had torn the skin off., he compares the house to a human being. |
| What is anthropomorphism? | giving human characteristics to inanimate objects |
| How does Bradbury make us feel empathy? | He wants us to identify with the house, he describes the house in human terms. |
| The fire feeds on upon the Picassos and Matisses in the upper halls like delicasies, This is an example of? | simile |
| What is the major theme of this story? | conflict between human being and machines |
| Nature versus Science is another theme of theis story, give examples of this | Nature is shown to be more powerful . Humans have created a bomb that destroys them all and a house that cannot be detroyed by the bomb, but fire a force of nature is able to destroy the house. |
| Death and Fear is another theme of this story, Give examples of this | Story is set in a time where there are no humans left, He give images of the world without humans, he tells readers that the people have been reduced to shadowing outlines on the buildings. |
| What has happened to the occupants of the house? | They have been killed in a nuclear was accident |
| How does the house in the story show technonlgy's human side | It has a brain, follows a schedule and tries to save itself. |
