Similes In The Veldt

In The Veldt, Ray Bradbury uses different types of crafts, such as foreshadowing , similes, and symbolism to illustrate hatred in the way the kids, Wendy and Peter, acted towards their parents. Bradbury also symbolizes a universal message or theme to think before you do. To start off, Wendy and Peter were spoiled rotten by the parents so if the parents tried to actually parent the kids, they would throw tantrums. The parents may not have known that spoiling the children was actually building up power to the children. If the kids didn’t get their way, they would show hatred towards the parents. For example, when George turns off the nursery, the children say, “You can’t do that to the nursery,” almost as if the children knew they were in charge, and could get their parents to do whatever they wanted. While some might say that children should get what they want and have some power, this evidence shows that when parents spoil their children, the children begin to think they’re in control. The first craft is when Ray Bradbury foreshadows that the parents would lose control of the kids. …show more content…
When the parents described the nursery, Ray Bradbury used another craft, a simile, “It was empty as a jungle glade at hot high noon.” This quote describes just how lonely the kids must have felt in that nursery. The kids had too much freedom, and started to believe they didn’t need their parents around. Some may say parents should allow children to have lots of freedom, but when parents give their children no care, and too much freedom to be on their own, the kids may start feeling neglected by their parents. This causes the kids to feel as if they don’t need or want their