the exposition of the story? How does the author introduce the setting? What characters are introduced in this scene? The book name is there will come soft rains.

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I what scene serves as the exposition of the story? How does the author introduce the setting? What characters are introduced in this scene? The book name is there will come soft rains.

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The exposition of the story : The exposition of the story is the everything is destroyed by the fire except the house. The house tries to put out the fire by using the sprinkler system, but the water runs out. The robots come out with green chemicals.

The author introduction to the setting: The setting of the story is mean to take place in the future, However the house is located in Allendale in California. The story is revealed to he reader by the helpful voice of the houses robot, which periodically announces reminders of the time and days which scheduled activities. the setting of the story is to know only one  house that remains after a nuclear incident has eradicated all the humans. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki actually occurred in earlier days.

The human race has been vanquished, so the house becomes the main character in the short story. The house performs many tasks that a human character could do like  it cooks, it cleans, and it speaks. The house recites poetry and even seems to express emotion when threatened by fire. 'Fire!' it screams, as it attempts to save itself from the blazing fire.

 
 

 

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