1950’s family life has taken a turn for the worse. What was once the idealistic Jones’ type of family soon discovers that they’re advanced way of life isn 't all it’s cracked up to be. “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury is a short story that plays off of the manipulative relationship between spoiled children and their parents, and the paranoia of technology being able to overpower (or in this story’s case kill) mankind in the hands of what should be an innocent child. I was genuinely interested in the story, but on more of a psychological level. I was engrossed with figuring out as to why it was that the family had ever even gotten to the point of letting their children have so much control. This story left me with a decent number of questions.
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The though that one day technology could one day be so advanced that we become completely slaves to their power. As unrealistic as the story is, it’s the type of story that keeps the reader engaged. The Hadley family had gotten to the point of being so dependent on the technology that I think that every possible outcome of this story was negative. There was no positive way for this to end. In my opinion, the theme of the story was the negatives of privilege and overindulgence, that which can lead to violent thoughts and demonic actions. Of course, the downsides of technological advancement aren 't always so horrific and exaggerated. Another minor theme, was the revenge that which was played out by Peter and Wendy. They thought it was necessary to fix the injustice that they felt they had received when they had been told no. It was especially frustrating as a reader knowing that things were going to inevitably go south. I’m going to call is the “scary movie effect”, knowing they shouldn 't go in the room and reading about them doing it anyway. The idea of children so rotten and spoiled that it damages a family and technology so advanced that and entire household crumbles. My theory on the Hadley family was that they had struggles with control in the past and problems of overindulgence when it comes to their children, so much so that their children’s selfish desires have overpowered any feelings of empathy or love towards their
The though that one day technology could one day be so advanced that we become completely slaves to their power. As unrealistic as the story is, it’s the type of story that keeps the reader engaged. The Hadley family had gotten to the point of being so dependent on the technology that I think that every possible outcome of this story was negative. There was no positive way for this to end. In my opinion, the theme of the story was the negatives of privilege and overindulgence, that which can lead to violent thoughts and demonic actions. Of course, the downsides of technological advancement aren 't always so horrific and exaggerated. Another minor theme, was the revenge that which was played out by Peter and Wendy. They thought it was necessary to fix the injustice that they felt they had received when they had been told no. It was especially frustrating as a reader knowing that things were going to inevitably go south. I’m going to call is the “scary movie effect”, knowing they shouldn 't go in the room and reading about them doing it anyway. The idea of children so rotten and spoiled that it damages a family and technology so advanced that and entire household crumbles. My theory on the Hadley family was that they had struggles with control in the past and problems of overindulgence when it comes to their children, so much so that their children’s selfish desires have overpowered any feelings of empathy or love towards their