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smoke and silence, a great quantity of smoke

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smoke and silence, a great quantity of smoke

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No doors slammed, no carpets took the soft tread of rubber heals.

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No doors slammed, no carpets took the soft tread of rubber heals.

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the fire burst the house and let it slam flat down, puffing out skirts of spark and smoke

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the fire burst the house and let it slam flat down, puffing out skirts of spark and smoke

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'Within the wall, a last voice said, over and over again and again, even as the sun rose to shine upon the heaped rubble and steam' 

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'Within the wall, a last voice said, over and over again and again, even as the sun rose to shine upon the heaped rubble and steam' 

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The ending of the story was effect because of how it incorporates the end of human kind with the phrase 'heaped rubble and steam' with the end of technology with the phrase 'a last voice said' which symbolises the end of technology.

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"At last voice said,over and over again and again"

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The fire burned on the stone hearth and the cigar fell away into a mound of quiet ash on its tray.

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The fire burned on the stone hearth and the cigar fell away into a mound of quiet ash on its tray.

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At night the ruined city gave off a radioactive glow which could be seen for miles.

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At night the ruined city gave off a radioactive glow which could be seen for miles.

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and ten million animals, running before the fire vanished off toward a distant streaming river

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and ten million animals, running before the fire vanished off toward a distant streaming river

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'Today is August 5, 2026, today is August 5, 2026, today is . . .'

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'Today is August 5, 2026, today is August 5, 2026, today is . . .'

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Shows how in such a short space of time, the last sign of humanity had destroyed itself.

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The house shuddered, oak bone on bone, it's bare skeleton cringing from the heat, it's wire, it's nerves revealed as if a surgeon had torn the skin off to let the red veins and red capillaries shiver in the scalded air.

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The house shuddered, oak bone on bone, it's bare skeleton cringing from the heat, it's wire, it's nerves revealed as if a surgeon had torn the skin off to let the red veins and red capillaries shiver in the scalded air.

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"a dozen voices, high, low, like children dying in a forest"

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"a dozen voices, high, low, like children dying in a forest"

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"not one would mind, either bird nor tree. if mankind perished utterly;"

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"not one would mind, either bird nor tree. if mankind perished utterly;"

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But no doors slammed, no carpets took the soft tread of rubber heels

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But no doors slammed, no carpets took the soft tread of rubber heels

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Among the ruins, one wall stood alone. Within the wall, a last voice said, over and over again and again, even as the sun rose to shine up on the heaped rubble and steam

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Among the ruins, one wall stood alone. Within the wall, a last voice said, over and over again and again, even as the sun rose to shine up on the heaped rubble and steam

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it ran wildly in circles, biting at its tail, spun in a frenzy, and died.

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it ran wildly in circles, biting at its tail, spun in a frenzy, and died.

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"the attic brain which directed the pumps was shattered into bronze shrapnels on the beams

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"the attic brain which directed the pumps was shattered into bronze shrapnels on the beams

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"no doors slammed, no carpets took the soft tread of rubber heals"

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"no doors slammed, no carpets took the soft tread of rubber heals"

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the fire burst the house and let it slam flat down

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the fire burst the house and let it slam flat down

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"The fire crackled up the stairs.It fed upon Picassos and Matisses in the upper halls."

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The fire burst the house and let it slam flat down, puffing out skirts of spark and smoke.

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The fire burst the house and let it slam flat down, puffing out skirts of spark and smoke.

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"The entire west face of the house was black"

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"The entire west face of the house was black"

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"The entire west face of the house was black"

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"The entire west face of the house was black"

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"The entire west face of the house was black"

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"The entire west face of the house was black"

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"The entire west face of the house was black

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"The entire west face of the house was black

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hysterically yelping to each door, at last realising as the house realised that only silence was here 

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hysterically yelping to each door, at last realising as the house realised that only silence was here 

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"the religion continued senselessly, uselessly'

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"the religion continued senselessly, uselessly'

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the house shuddered, oak bone on bone, its bared skeleton cringing from the heat

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the dog, once huge and fleshy, but now gone to bone and covered with sores.

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the dog, once huge and fleshy, but now gone to bone and covered with sores.

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"the ruined city gave off a radioactive glow which could be seen for miles"

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its bared skeleton cringing from heat

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The dog frothed at the mouth, lying at the door, sniffing, its eyes turned into fire

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the imagine of a thrown ball, and opposite him a girl, hands raised to catch a ball which never came down. 

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the imagine of a thrown ball, and opposite him a girl, hands raised to catch a ball which never came down. 

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"Still farther over, their images burned on wood in one titanic instant"

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"Still farther over, their images burned on wood in one titanic instant"

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the house had been burned evenly free of its white paint

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the house had been burned evenly free of its white paint

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"The house was an altar with ten thousand attendants, big, small, servicing, attending, in choirs. But the gods had gone away, and the ritual of the religion continued senselessly, uselessly."

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"The house was an altar with ten thousand attendants, big, small, servicing, attending, in choirs. But the gods had gone away, and the ritual of the religion continued senselessly, uselessly."

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the attic smashing into kitchen and parlor. Parlor into cellar, into sub-cellar. 

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the attic smashing into kitchen and parlor. Parlor into cellar, into sub-cellar. 

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This was the one house left standing.

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And spring herself, when she woke at dawn, would scarcely know that we were gone

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And the voices wailed Fire, fire. run, run, like a tragic nursery rhyme, a dozen voices, high, low, like children dying in a forest, alone, alone.

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The house stood alone, in a city of rubble and ashes.

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The house stood alone, in a city of rubble and ashes.

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The fire in 10 billion angry sparks moved with flaming ease

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The fire in 10 billion angry sparks moved with flaming ease

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At ten o'clock the house began to die

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'a small boy, hands flung into the air; higher up, the image of a thrown ball, and opposite him a girl, hands raised to catch a ball which never came down.'

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'a small boy, hands flung into the air; higher up, the image of a thrown ball, and opposite him a girl, hands raised to catch a ball which never came down.'

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This quote shows how even though technology have taken over most of humanity, such innocent images like children playing ball are still present. It also helps with making the description of the devastating effects of the nuclear war, making them more sinister.