Disadvantages Of Technology In The Veldt By Ray Bradbury

Advantages and Disadvantages of Technology Technology is convenient in numerous ways, it helps with sending fast messages, writing essays, and more. However, there are multiple disadvantages to technology, like invading privacy, and losing information you need. (Citation) There are benefits and impairments of technology, so Ray Bradbury’s “The Veldt” and the article “Just How Dangerous Is Alexa?” are perfect examples of that. “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury is a great story, it shows that things aren’t always what they seem. In this story, George and Linda Hadley have a house that does everything for them, cooking, cleaning, brushing their teeth, tying their shoes, and all the necessities of life. (Citation) There are many accommodations about the house that are perfect. For instance, it saves time for the parents to work, go grocery shopping, and run errands . Although this perfect house would be a dream of most, it may not have the optimal outcomes one would assume. …show more content…
The Hadley’s kids, Wendy and Peter have a room that responds to thought, bringing even their wildest imaginations to life. (Citation) With all of these contraptions in the house helping their children do everything, the parents are left with nothing to do; consequently, their kids think they don’t care about them. This leads to them starting to connect more to the nursery than their own parents.(Citation) The kids use this to encourage their thoughts about an African veldt that has lions always eating something in the distance.(Citation) Well, they find out at the end that what the lions are eating isn’t just some zebra, they are eating them. Wendy and Peter lock them in the nursery and the lions eat them.