Examples Of Imagery In The Veldt

In The Veldt the Hadley children are pampered by technology throughout their home. The Hadley family are very spoiled and have almost everything at their command. George and Lydia Hadley’s children have a nursery that changes its environment into anything they want at the action of their voice, and George and Lydia have robotic maids to do anything they want. But too much technology can turn a family crazy, which is what happened to the Hadleys. The children took advantage of the Nursery by turning it into a dangerous Africa and the parents were being pampered more than needed and began to turn lazy. Ray Bradbury uses many craft moves including imagery, personification, and similes to give the reader a deeper meaning of The Veldt. Bradbury uses imagery various times to paint an image in the reader's mind. One example of this is “Their approach sensitized a switch somewhere and the nursery light flicked on when they came within ten feet of it. Similarly, behind them, in the halls, lights went on and off as they left them behind, with a soft automaticity.” After reading this the reader can imagine the setting with these descriptive words. Another quote is “The ceiling above them became a deep sky with a hot yellow sun.” This piece describes the realness of the nursery. The last piece of evidence is “And now the sounds: the thump of distant antelope feet on grassy sod, the papery rustling of vultures.” Picturing this setting in your mind is really …show more content…
An example of this is “The house is wife and mother now, and nursemaid.” Although a house can’t be these things it explains how much of a role the house plays in the Hadley’s family. Another example of personification in The Veldt is “And the whole damn house dies as of here and now.” Even though a house can’t technically die the reader realizes how mad George is at how the house turned them lazy and to attached to