Reаd the fоllоwing shоrt story, "There Will Come Soft Rаins" by Rаy Bradbury (author of "The Pedestrian"). 7_There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury (1)-1.pdf You may also access the story here: https://www.btboces.org/Downloads/7_There%20Will%20Come%20Soft%20Rains%20by%20Ray%20Bradbury.pdf While you're reading, consider these important topics to help you later formulate a thematic statement: Death/decay (closely related: control, time) Nature/life vs. technology Additional resource: Ray Bradbury's short story is inspired by Sara Teasdale's 1920 poem by the same name. You will not need to analyze the poem, but its content might be a helpful aid to better understand what Bradbury was trying to accomplish in his short story. There Will Come Soft Rains (War Time) There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,And swallows circling with their shimmering sound; And frogs in the pools singing at night,And wild plum trees in tremulous white, Robins will wear their feathery fireWhistling their whims on a low fence-wire; And not one will know of the war, not oneWill care at last when it is done. Not one would mind, neither bird nor treeIf mankind perished utterly; And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn,Would scarcely know that we were gone.