Sweat drips down their backs as they trudge across the dry, crusted ground. A lion roars in the distance, declaring its triumphant victory over a wandering gazelle. The African Veldt is so hot, so vivid, so real. Only it is not real is it? It is all an illusion performed by the stunning 4D technology of the nursery. “The Veldt” centers around the characters George, Lydia, and their children Peter and Wendy. This family lives in a home that does everything for them, including cleaning, cooking, bathing, caring for, and even rocking to sleep. It even has a room called the nursery that creates the characters’ wildest dreams into reality or as close to reality as possible. Every time there is trouble or a problem they turn to the house or nursery for assistance rather than the people around them. Throughout “The Veldt”, Ray Bradbury hints at a theme about technology and the problems it can cause. This theme is supported by the fact that the house does everything for the characters, the children do not see their parents as their parents, and the parents are not involved in their kids lives. These variables highlight the theme that technology can take the place of a relationship.
A person could say that technology is …show more content…
Technology played such a big role in the children’s lives that their parents just faded into the background. The children never interacted with their parents (Bradbury 102), the house did everything their parents were supposed to do (Bradbury 89), and they have stopped seeing their parents as parents (Bradbury 99). Technology can replace a relationship. This theme is thoroughly depicted by these examples. While “The Veldt” is only a story, technology is evidently used in almost every aspect of people’s lives in the real world. It is important to remember not to let technology get in the way of the lives people carry on outside of a
A person could say that technology is …show more content…
Technology played such a big role in the children’s lives that their parents just faded into the background. The children never interacted with their parents (Bradbury 102), the house did everything their parents were supposed to do (Bradbury 89), and they have stopped seeing their parents as parents (Bradbury 99). Technology can replace a relationship. This theme is thoroughly depicted by these examples. While “The Veldt” is only a story, technology is evidently used in almost every aspect of people’s lives in the real world. It is important to remember not to let technology get in the way of the lives people carry on outside of a