“The Veldt” is a short and twisting story written in 1950 by Ray Bradbury about the Hadley family who lives in a futuristic world that ends up “ruining human relationships and destroying the minds of children” (Hart).
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Allusions are used to enhance the setting in the future utopia with negative uses of technology. The paragraph that has the most allusion said ““How many times in the last year has he opened this door and found Wonderland, Alice, the Mocking Turtle, or Aladdin and his Magical Lamp, or Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, or Dr.Dolittle, or the cow jumping over a very real-appearing moon-all the delightful contraceptions of make-believe world,” and “How often had he seen Pegasus flying in the sky ceiling or seen fountains of red fireworks, or heard angel voices singing.”All of these familiar fairy tales represent the innocence of Peter and Wendy. Peter and Wendy also have the same name as the main characters from Peter Pan. “She”, Beth Kattelman, says, “notes that, while readers admire his imagination and creativity, they also appreciate his artistry”. All of the references to childrens stories just emphasize how the nursery should be a child friendly piece of technology, not a harmful …show more content…
This nursery is taking the place of George and Lyida Hadley as parents. Instead of having their mother and father tuck you into bed, rock you to sleep as a baby, and make your meals, the house does it instead and ironically, takes the place of responsibilities and duties of a parent. “Their avoidance of responsibility reduces them to the level of prey to lions” (Anthony Bernardo Jr.) It is also ironic how a nursery can be so dangerous. Nurseries should be peaceful and safe, a place where parents can leave their children with no fears. The nursery ends up being the most dangerous room in the whole house. In the story, Lydia says “I just want you to looks at, is all or call a psychologist in to look at it”. The last thing a mother should need to do about her nursery is call a psychologist. She also says “I think we’d better get downstairs before those kids get engrossed with those damned beasts again”. When referring to a nursery, a mother should also not have to use the words “damned beasts”, even though she is well aware of the danger of those lions in the nursery the children are “imagining”. The irony throughout this story just shows how wrong this technology is turning out for the Hadley family. The fact that the children are going to take control over their parents is true
Allusions are used to enhance the setting in the future utopia with negative uses of technology. The paragraph that has the most allusion said ““How many times in the last year has he opened this door and found Wonderland, Alice, the Mocking Turtle, or Aladdin and his Magical Lamp, or Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, or Dr.Dolittle, or the cow jumping over a very real-appearing moon-all the delightful contraceptions of make-believe world,” and “How often had he seen Pegasus flying in the sky ceiling or seen fountains of red fireworks, or heard angel voices singing.”All of these familiar fairy tales represent the innocence of Peter and Wendy. Peter and Wendy also have the same name as the main characters from Peter Pan. “She”, Beth Kattelman, says, “notes that, while readers admire his imagination and creativity, they also appreciate his artistry”. All of the references to childrens stories just emphasize how the nursery should be a child friendly piece of technology, not a harmful …show more content…
This nursery is taking the place of George and Lyida Hadley as parents. Instead of having their mother and father tuck you into bed, rock you to sleep as a baby, and make your meals, the house does it instead and ironically, takes the place of responsibilities and duties of a parent. “Their avoidance of responsibility reduces them to the level of prey to lions” (Anthony Bernardo Jr.) It is also ironic how a nursery can be so dangerous. Nurseries should be peaceful and safe, a place where parents can leave their children with no fears. The nursery ends up being the most dangerous room in the whole house. In the story, Lydia says “I just want you to looks at, is all or call a psychologist in to look at it”. The last thing a mother should need to do about her nursery is call a psychologist. She also says “I think we’d better get downstairs before those kids get engrossed with those damned beasts again”. When referring to a nursery, a mother should also not have to use the words “damned beasts”, even though she is well aware of the danger of those lions in the nursery the children are “imagining”. The irony throughout this story just shows how wrong this technology is turning out for the Hadley family. The fact that the children are going to take control over their parents is true