There Will Come Soft Rains Ray Bradbury Ray
There Will Come Soft Rains Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury • 1920 – 2012 • Born in Illinois, Bradbury had a great imagination • As a child, he often had nightmares and dreams which he used as ideas for some of his stories
His Life • Bradbury began publishing work in high school • He first published in sci-fi and detective magazines; soon, his work was accepted in “main stream” magazines • He met many famous people from Hollywood, and enjoyed film and plays
• Bradbury was married once, and had four daughters • He was raised a Baptist, but refused to allow anyone to label his beliefs • He attributed his writing skills as a gift from God, for which he was very grateful • He was close friends with Star Trek’s Gene Roddenbury • Bradbury died in 2012
His Work • He resisted being labeled a science fiction writer; he felt that his work was more fantasy • He was not interested in just shocking the reader; he wanted them to see what the future might hold • He wrote about censorship, pollution, racism, and nuclear war
• He wrote many plays as he loved theater • He was an avid supporter of libraries; he did not have the money for a college education and said that “libraries educated” him • Several of his stories were adapted for Alfred Hitchcock • He hosted his own television show from 1985 – 1992 which
There Will Come Soft Rains, page 199
Background • Written in 1950, just 5 years after the nuclear bomb was used in Japan • The Cold War followed, and the Russians soon had their own weapons • He is warning us of the possible problems we can face if we are not careful with our knowledge
Class Work • Read the story in class • Literary Critique, pages 202 – 203, #s 1 -3 and 5 -8 • Writing Workshop, page 203 • Complete a close reading of the story
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