The Veldt Literary Analysis

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In “The Veldt”, by Ray Bradbury, I believe that the parents are at fault for their own deaths because they should've been more responsible on limiting the kids time on electronics. In the beginning of the story, when the parents bought the house, the parents didn’t set limits on the children's technology. If they did, the children's wouldn't get so hooked onto technology because they would’ve remembered the consequences of doing too much technology set by their parents. Since the parents didn't set a limit on electronics, the kids didn't think there was a limit and they thought they could just play all they wanted.

Later on in the story, the parents began to realize that the kids were getting too addicted in the technology that the parents

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