In this short story by Ray Bradbury, the world is a much different distopian version of it's current self. When he was writing this in 1950, his setting of August 2026 was very futuristic. There are no characters in his story really, just a house with artificial intelligence. All of it's occupants are gone while the house continues on with daily life. If I had to relate this to a moral I would connect it to nuclear weapons. This story was written shortly after the second world war came to an end and the cold war was just taking off. Bradbury wrote this to illistrate the possible effects of a nuclear attack and how the advanced world of 76 years ahead of his time would be affected. The lack of characters is a point in itself, everyone is dead, and this would scare people during the time it was published.
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