Question

What does the ever-ticking clock in the short story, There Will Come Soft Rains, symbolise?

Options

• Mankind has been destroyed.

• Punctuality is important.

• Time is all powerful and ever present.

• Humans can win over time.

Answer 1

Time is all powerful and ever present.

Explanation:

In There Will Come Soft Rains, the ever-ticking clock continues to function even after humans are destroyed, symbolising that time goes on relentlessly and remains powerful and ever present, regardless of human existence.