Why Is This Good? episode 023: "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury

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In this episode, we discuss "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury.  What can we learn from a story with no apparent characters?  How can we establish a POV without characters?  How does language introduce hidden personifications? How can we use these hidden metaphors to pump up our prose?

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