E10 "" notes

Even though the house was full of machines and robots, it was filled with “emptiness” because there were no people.

INCORPORATE

The “tiny robot mice” (1) cleaned the whole house.  Although they were not living creatures, Bradbury characterized them as having “pink electric eyes”.  This emphasized the fact that there was no real life in the house, and that the only lifelike movement was artificial.

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The fire was also personified in the story.  For example, the fire was described as being “clever” (4) as it avoided the sprinklers.  Also, the fire “fed upon” (3) everything inside the house as it spread.

The house “quiver[ed]” (4) as the fire burned.

The house started to/ began to “quiver” (4) as the fire burned.