Apocalyptic Fiction Q&A
Question: What makes the short story There Will Come Soft Rains so compelling? How are you able to tell an apocalyptic fiction story if there are no humans left to tell the story? Answer: One of the things that makes Soft Rains so interesting is the fact that it isn't told from the perspective of a human being, but rather the outside world. The story is told from the perspective of the rest of the world, which only has the last house to focus on. The story could've just as easily been told from the perspective of an onlooker, but the fact that it was written in third person makes the setting feel a lot more distant, a lot more barren. In addition, with it being in third person, the story can continue to go on, even after the house get destroyed, which helps to show the broader picture of the post-apocalyptic scenario One of the other things that makes Soft Rains so interesting to read is the type of language it has.