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While the dog does not have any dialogue, it makes sounds to show the reader how it feels, especially when the dog barks at the door and the door opens. It shows how the family had even cared to make sure the dog could be let in and out whenever it wanted. "The front door recognized the dog voice and opened."

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The dog was curious about the family because it is connected to them, hence why it was trying to go inside and when it was upstairs, it was looking for everyone. "The front door recognized the dog voice and opened." "The dog ran upstairs, hysterically yelping to each door, at last realizing, as the house realized, that
only silence was here."

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The dog has a thin and cold body, also being covered in sores. It used to be strong but because of what happened, it was unable to get food and therefore ended up at this state. This can be seen here. "The front door recognized the dog voice and opened. The dog, once huge and fleshy, but now
gone to bone and covered with sores,"

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I would describe the dog as fragile and lonely, it's fragile because of its state, having been starved for who knows how long, and even quivering at some points. It's lonely because everywhere it goes in the house, it can't find anyone.

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(Nathaniel Powell) The dog seems to be slowly losing time and will to live. It's starving, and everywhere it goes within the house it cannot find food. It eventually lost it. Quote: "A dog whined, shivering, on the front porch.
The front door recognized the dog voice and opened. The dog, once huge and fleshy, but now
gone to bone and covered with sores, moved in and through the house, tracking mud."

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The dog does not have any dialogue besides making noises to show his emotions.

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"The dog ran upstairs, hysterically yelping to each door, at last realizing, as the house realized, that only silence was here."

"A dog whined, shivering, on the front porch."

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The dog is likely interested in his family as he is shown barking at every door, wanting to find them. The dog is also shown as being interested in the kitchen and wanting to eat pancakes.

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The dog has a thin body, most likely injured, and covered with sores. The text explains that the dog once was "huge and fleshy, but now gone to bone and covered with sores." The dog is also explained to be covered in mud, so I would say that the dog is dirty. The quote "moved in and through the house, tracking mud." helps to support this.

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I would describe the dog as frail and lonely. The dog is described as "The dog, once huge and fleshy, but now gone to bone and covered with sores, moved in and through the house," this quote helps to support the dog as feeling frail/weak. I also think that based on the text, you can infer that the dog feels lonely.

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The Dog first seems hopeful or excited to enter the house, maybe hoping that someone it recognizes will be there. The dog seems sad to find out it is alone.

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"The dog ran upstairs, hysterically yelping to each door, at last realizing, as the house realized, that only silence was here."

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"Where is everyone? Why won’t they come?" "I just want to be with you again..." "Why won’t anyone open the door? I can smell the pancakes; I’m so hungry!"

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The dog is interested to his family and has a immense connection to them. The dog is also interested in the kitchen and the smell of pancakes.

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The dog has a thin shivering body. The once had a strong physique but now that turned into a weak bony body the text states, "the dog, once huge and fleshy, but now gone to bone and covered with sores, moved in and through the house, tracking mud."

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I would describe the dog as loyal, sad, depressed, and vulnerable. The dog is loyal because he is always waiting for his family to comeback. He is sad and depressed because his family doesn't return to him, he also is heart broken as he sees the empty house. He is vulnerable because his emotions change so quickly when he finds out that his family isn't their and the text also describes him as having a thin, shivering body.

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Besmir Dragaj- The dog feels, depression and loneliness as he walks around the empty house, his heart is broken because his family is not there. Quote: “Where is everyone? Why won’t they come?”

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The dog hasen't ate for days and it was going crazy when it smelled mapel syrup

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The clock has a voice that remind people what time it is and the house can open and close doors by itself

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The house had a secerdy alarm when you want to get in the house will tell you for a password and if you don't answer the house will be sececurd

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The dog is weak and lonely when he smelled the maple syrup the dog was going crazy spining in circels until it had died

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Alan Lopez- The clock reminds the people what time it is and what to do and when it hit 10'o clock there was only 1 house standing

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The house says "Rain, rain, go away," like it's still trying to help the family get ready. It doesn't know everyone is gone.

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The vine-clock that says things like "Time to clean." It just keeps talking. The painting of the family burned into the wall was proof something terrible happened fast.

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The house has voices that talk like people, walls that open and close by themselves, and little robot mice that clean the floors. It also has machines that make food, wash dishes, and even read poetry out loud. Everything works on its own, even though it looks lifeless.

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I would describe the house as kind of creepy but caring. It keeps doing nice things like making breakfast, reading poems, and cleaning up, even though no one is there. That makes it feel sad.

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The house feels like a ghost that doesn't know it's dead. It keeps talking, moving, and making breakfast, even when there's no one there. The house acts like everything is fine, when really, everything is already lost.

Quote: "Since you express no preference, I shall select a poem at random."

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"Nine-five. A voice spoke from the study ceiling: "Mrs. McClellan, which poem would you like this evening?" The house was silent."

This shows how the ceiling fan was asking Mrs. McClellan for her preferences for the evening. Mrs. McClellan wasn't there to respond, so the voice selected a poem randomly. It happened to be Mrs. McClellan's favorite, according to the voice.

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The main thing the house seems to be interested in maintaining is the routine and schedule. For example, at four-thirty, "The nursery walls glowed." They showed stories because this was children's hour. However, there were no children there.

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The house seems to be fully automated. It has voice clocks, automatic water pumps, and automatic stoves. Everything about the house was designed to serve the family that once lived there.

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I think the house is like a security guard. It alerted everybody that there was a fire. It tried to save itself by shooting water from the pumps in the ceiling. Despite its protective efforts, it couldn't save itself.

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The house was on fire and was burning down. It was calling for help, and nobody was there to respond to the call. Instead, the house tried to save itself.

Quote: "The house tried to save itself. Doors sprang tightly shut, but the windows were broken by the heat and the wind blew and sucked upon the fire."

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I walked slowly through the house, my paws making soft taps on the hard floor. Everything was way too quiet. I couldn’t hear my family’s voices anymore. No one called my name, and no one came to play with me. I barked a few times, hoping someone would answer—but no one did. I started to get nervous. I sniffed around, looking for food or a familiar smell, but the house just smelled strange and empty. Machines still moved and talked, but they didn’t seem to notice me. I scratched at the door and whined, wishing my people would come back.

I was getting really hungry and tired. I walked into all the rooms, but no one was there. The beds were made, and toys were in place, but everything felt wrong. I tried to lie down, but robot mice came and cleaned the spot right away. I felt hot and weak, and I started to cough. I didn’t understand what was happening. I curled up on the floor, hoping someone would walk in and pet me. I missed the sound of laughter and the feeling of being safe. All I wanted was for things to go back to how they used to be.

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The routine times the clock speaks inside the house : seven nine, breakfast time! or when the calendar is being read aloud over the speaker. this shows that the family had important days and things set in the calendar that they made sure the owners of the home were reminded of.

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the machines in the kitchen that makes the food and then disposes of the food after time passes for the meal. The shadow of the family on the side of the house after the nuclear blast shows that they didn't even know what was happening as they were enjoying every day life

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The house cleans itself and keeps a specific schedule tailored to the family that once lived inside of it. Machines don't have feelings and will keep doing what it is programmed to do until a new owner reprograms the system inside the home.

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The dog is weak, lonely and emaciated from not being fed or cared for, and even though it knows that it's family is gone, it still is looking for any sign of their presence so they can feel at home again

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The house is going through it's normal routine like there are people living on the inside of it. It doesn't have any idea that the family isn't there anymore but there is an emptiness that can't be explained but shown from the food going bad to the dust bunnies being cleaned by the motorized rats

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"A dog whined, shivering, on the front porch.
The front door recognized the dog voice and opened."

I think that this part of the story is very important because it shows you that the dog is a part of the family that once lived in that house.

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The whole house seems pretty interesting. Just the thought alone of a house that can do everything by it's self seems cool, since that not something you hear about everyday.

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"Today is Mr. Featherstone's birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita's marriage. Insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills."

This line gives a glimpse into the lives that used to exist and reinforces the theme of routine continuing without meaning. It’s emotionally impactful because it reminds readers of the normal, everyday lives that were suddenly wiped out.

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The shadows of the family burned into the side of the house during the nuclear blast. These haunting images symbolize the suddenness of destruction and the absence of humanity.

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In "There Will Come Soft Rains" The dog is Covered in sores and thin, this suggests it has been wandering in harsh conditions, possibly exposed to radiation from the nuclear explosion and hasn't been able to eat.

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In There Will Come Soft Rains, the dog is weak and malnourished, likely due to the absence of its owners and the lack of food.

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The house, "thinks" by following its programming. It operates under the assumption that the family it once served is still alive, preparing meals, cleaning, and announcing schedules. The house continuing its routine suggests a mechanical form of thought, devoid of awareness but deeply ingrained with purpose.

Quote: "At eight-thirty the eggs were shriveled and the toast was like stone. An aluminum wedge scraped them into the sink, where hot water whirled them down a metal throat which digested and flushed them away to the distant sea."

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. Morning Routine Announcement

"Seven-nine, breakfast time! Seven-nine!"

This shows how the house continues its schedule even though no one is there to hear it.

2. Poem

"There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,

And swallows circling with their shimmering sound..."

The house recites this poem by Sara Teasdale, which talks about nature moving on without humanity, mirroring the story’s theme.

3. The Fire Alarm

"Fire! Fire!"

When a fire starts in the house, the system desperately tries to save itself, almost like it is fighting to survive

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The burned silhouettes on the wall They are the only sign of the people who once lived there, showing how suddenly they were wiped away.

The robotic cleaning mice – Tiny machines that keep cleaning the house, even though no one is making a mess anymore.

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The house is fully automated with robotic arms, voice systems, and cleaning mice.

It has walls that were burned in a nuclear blast, leaving behind shadows of the family that once lived there.

The house is strong and durable but not invincible it eventually burns down in a fire.

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The house is like a machine that keeps running even though its purpose is gone. It is emotionless but eerie because it tries to act as if everything is normal when, in reality, the world outside is destroyed. The way it keeps going without realizing its owners are dead makes it feel almost tragic, like a ghost stuck in its past life.

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(Cameron Davis) The main "character" in There Will Come Soft Rains is the automated house. It follows its routine even though the human family is gone, showing that it does not think or feel but simply functions as it was programmed to do. The house continues making breakfast, cleaning, and reading poetry, unaware that no one is there to enjoy it.

"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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when the house announces "Today is August 4, 2026," said a second voice from the kitchen ceiling, "in the city of
Allendale, California." It repeated the date three times for memory's sake. "Today is Mr.
Featherstone's birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita's marriage. Insurance is payable,
as are the water, gas, and light bills." The house continues its schedule, even though there's no one left, serving as a reminder of the loneliness that fills their world.

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I like how the automated house continues its routines, showing humanity's absence and the remains of former technology.

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The dog is frail and bony, covered in sores. He's tired and scavenging for food.

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(Written by Tyler E.) I would describe the dog as sickly, and frail. It seems like it is suffering, and the description of the dog only makes me believe that more.

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the dog is slowly wasting away, and it seems like it doesn't have long to live. the dog is starving, and it has probably been like this for a while now.

Quote "A dog whined, shivering, on the front porch. The front door recognized the dog voice and opened. The dog, once huge and fleshy, but now gone to bone and covered with sores, moved in and through the house".

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At certain times, the house is scheduled to announce what is happening. This is important because it shows what life used to be like before the apocalypse.

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The rats are very interesting. They are able to identify that the dog is tracking mud in the house, and they know to clean it up.

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The dog is frail and boney. He is very skinny and covered in sores. He hasn’t been cleaned in a while, so his body is covered in mud and dirt.

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The dog seems very frail and hungry. The dog is described as skinny and cover with sores, showing that he’s probably very weak and hasn’t eaten in a while.

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The dog seems tired, hungry, and weak. The dog also seems desperate to get inside the house. “A dog whined, shivering, on the front porch…the dog, once huge and fleshy, but now gone to bone and covered with sores, moved in and through the house, tacking mud.”

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There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, / And swallows circling with their shimmering sound…”

This poem is important because it talks about how nature will continue even after humans are gone, which is exactly what happens in the story. The house reading this out loud, despite no one being there to listen, highlights how technology keeps going even when it no longer has a purpose.

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Important objects in “There Will Come Soft Rains” include the robotic mice, which clean the house, and the breakfast machine, which makes food no one eats. The burned silhouettes of the family on the wall show they were killed by a nuclear blast. The poem by Sara Teasdale talks about nature continuing without humans. Finally, the fire destroys the house, proving that technology can’t survive without people.

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The house in “There Will Come Soft Rains” is a smart, futuristic home that takes care of everything by itself. It has robot mice that clean, walls that show pictures, and a voice that gives reminders. Even though it seems high-tech, it feels empty without the family. The creepiest part is the burned shadows of the family on the side of the house, showing they were wiped out by a nuclear explosion.

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The house in “There Will Come Soft Rains” acts like a loyal servant, continuing its routine even though no one is left to use it. It seems almost alive, as if it has feelings, especially when it desperately tries to save itself from the fire. But in the end, it’s just a machine, unable to survive without humans. This shows how technology may seem powerful, but it’s still fragile compared to nature.

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n “There Will Come Soft Rains,” the house keeps doing its daily tasks even though the family is gone, showing how technology keeps running without humans. When a fire starts, the house panics and tries to save itself, almost like it’s alive.

Quote “The house tried to save itself. Doors sprang tightly shut, but the windows were broken by the heat…”

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The house, repeatedly yelling "Fire! Fire!" and trying to keep it out despite the very existence of the house is now useless, and its programmed denial make it all the more hopeless a situation.

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The dog is thin and bony with scars, also possibly cold and muddy.

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The automata entities are completely oblivious to the lax of Humans encompassing them. They simply function as operated in a constant rate, exhibiting an aimless & haphazard nature.

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The dog is very skinny as if it hadn't eaten in days, it's lonely and seems to be trying to look for his family.

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Juxtaposing the house from anterior to the bomb, and ensuing the bomb highlights an objectively diametrical nature.

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The house is on a set schedule according to the clock on the wall. The house responds to each chime designating a specific task to complete (seven- nine breakfast time; nine-fifteen time to clean). The house is but a shell of what used to hold a family inside of it. The dog was left to fend for himself

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The dog doesn't have any specific dialogue, but the house does recognize the dog, and lets it in. This may signal that the dog used to live here with its owners, before whatever happened, happened.

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The house in this story seems to be empty but still operates as if there is still a family living there.

"Nine-five. A voice spoke from the study ceiling: "Mrs. McClellan, which poem would you like
this evening?" The house was silent"

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The fact that the dog was lonely was interesting. Specifically, because it was all alone in this apocalyptic situation, almost as it was abandoned, intentionally or not.

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The dog is frail and bony, scavenging around, seemingly hungry, and cold.

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The house opening the door for the dog as it senses the dog's voice.

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The house is well programmed and automated to the extreme, but completely unaware of its surroundings and does not seem to care.

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The robot rats are strange, unthinking beings that seem to do a variety of tasks performed by humans without any knowledge of what they are doing.

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The stove cooking food, the doors, the house, etc.

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The dog is shivering, covered in sores, barely flesh, but bones; showing that the dog is in pain and experiencing starvation.

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The dog seemed like it was in a very rough condition as if someone neglected it. The dog seemed very hungry and cold.

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The dog seems like it's suffering, hungry, and going through pain. When the dog enters the home, he is covered in sores and is mainly bones, barely flesh. The dog is also scratching the kitchen door trying get to the smell of food.

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The dog seems like it has been through rough condition. The dog also seems very hungry, hurt, and weak. "A dog whined, shivering, on the front porch." "The dog, once huge and fleshy, but now gone to bone, and covered with sores"... "It sniffled the air and scratched the kitchen door. Behind, the stove was making pancakes which filled the house with a rich baked odour and the scent of maple syrup."

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When the voice in the ceiling speaks, “Mrs. McClellan, which poem would you like this evening," it is met with silence. Despite this, it continues to go about its task which is to read aloud a poem. "Since you express no preference, I shall select a poem at random," and "Sara Teasdale. As I recall, your favourite...” shows how the systems were built upon the family’s lifestyle. But even though they are no more, their absence isn’t acknowledged.

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All the automated systems in the house, running on their own, blissfully unaware of the lack of humans. They continue to complete their tasks without a single thought or care, mindlessly doing what they were programmed to do.

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The house is charred after an implied bombing. The silhouette of the family that once lived somehow remains, highlighting what used to be vs what is.

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The house's artificial voice says ": "Mrs. McClellan, which poem would you like this evening?" The house was silent. The voice said at last, "Since you express no preference, I shall select a poem at random." Quiet music rose to back the voice. "Sara Teasdale. As I recall, your favourite..." This shows how there is no one there to respond. This also shows more about the mother that used to live here. It shows that the house also knows her well.

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The animals are there because they are interested in the hot breakfast, lunch and dinner they get everyday. The house also provides shelter and warmth.

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The outside is burnt and black. It has no color, it's dry and has no life left. Before the bomb we could predict that it was very joyful and full of plants. The mother is seen picking flowers and the dad mowing the long -green-grass.

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The life is full of rats and little creatures but it still feels empty because the family that occupied the resident is now gone. Although there is no one there to eat, to bathe, go to school or work, the house is still going as if the owners are there. The house has no feelings and is unaware of what had happened to the family and the whole neighborhood.

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The dog was panicked and unaware of what was about to happen. "The dog ran upstairs, hysterically yelping to each door, at last realizing, as the house realized, that only silence was here. It sniffed the air and scratched the kitchen door. Behind the door, the stove was making pancakes which filled the house with a rich baked odour and the scent of maple syrup. The dog frothed at the mouth, lying at the door, sniffing, its eyes turned to fire. It ran wildly in circles, biting at its tail, spun in a frenzy, and died."

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The house's automated voice announces, "Today is Augest 4, 2026," repeating the date three times, highlighting the absence of human interaction.

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The breakfast stove, robot mice, and the scent of pancakes are key objects of interest for the dog.

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The dog is described as weak and covered in sores, showing signs of neglect and illness.

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The house is a mechanical entity performing tacks without purpose, white the dog is driven by desperate hunger leading to self destruct.

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The house is lifeless, automatic and running on a scheduled program. It doesn’t express actual emotions but generated responses to specific situations, the mice cleaning at the sight of mud and the stove preparing breakfast. It continues to work on its own despite the lack of humans to tend to.

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The house stood alone and empty and though unaware of this, it continued to hold a sense of security and protection as if the family still occupied the space. “…it had shut up its windows and drawn shades in an old-maidenly preoccupation with self-protection which bordered on a mechanical paranoia.”

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The house is not alive and does not feel like it. The house is repetitive and has no purpose. The house is also not able to know that what it is doing is pointless, as it does not know what is around it, or anything. We know that the house is programmed this way. The words that would best describe the house is: Robotic, repetitive, emotionless, timely, and empty.

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The dog is a desperate and lonely character because the dog searches all through the house, finding nobody. Then in the end, the dog tries to literally eat itself before it drops dead.

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The dog was hungry, willing to even bite its own tail to get some food, any kind of food, to satiate its hunger. "The dog frothed at the mouth, lying at the door, sniffing, its eyes turned to fire. It ran wildly in circles, biting at its tail, spun in
a frenzy and died."

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The house is stuck in a loop of performing tasks without reason, and the house is unable to know that there are not any people present.

"The house seemed to be stuck in a loop, performing its tasks without purpose"

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The house has an almost maniacal obsession with perfection and keeping everything spotless. "The rooms were a crawl with the small cleaning animals, all rubber and metal.".