There Will Come Soft Rains
What is the likely purpose of including mechanical creatures such as rats and roaches?
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The robot rats and aluminium roaches add to the reader's suspicion that the house may have a sinister side. Rats and roaches are considered pests, and in combination with the reference to Baal, they invoke the idea of hell or the demonic.