“The Veldt” Theme
In Ray Bradbury’s short story “The Veldt”, a family of four lives in a futuristic world where technology does everything for them. They live in a Happylife Home where the house does everything for them. This leads to a comfortable yet boring life for the parents. Yet this lax boring life leads to changes in the kids development starting a chain of events that will change the family forever. A life lesson in this story is that when technology does everything for you, you seemingly don’t need to exist.
In beginning of the story, George and Lydia Hadley, parents of Peter and Wendy Hadley, are living in their signature Happylife home, which does everything from washing the kids to tying your shoes. But this lax life stars to make the parents feel useless. Bradbury writes in his story, “"But I thought that's why we bought this house, so we wouldn't have to do anything?" "That's just it. I feel like I don't belong here. The house is wife and mother now, and nursemaid. Can I compete with an African veldt? Can I give a bath and scrub the …show more content…
Where before they had a Santa Claus now they have a Scrooge. Children prefer Santas. You've let this room and this house replace you and your wife in your children's affections. This room is their mother and father, far more important in their lives than their real parents. And now you come along and want to shut it off. No wonder there's hatred here…”. The psychologist views the nursery and deduces that because the children’s destructive hate filled thoughts, are because the parents aren’t allowing them to do things after a life of spoiling. They now view the house as their parents, for their real biological don’t do anything for them. Since the kids now view the parents as useless, they will tolerate them to a certain point until their restrictions and rules become too cumbersome, then, they will seek to be rid of their parents. The house, has replaced the
In Ray Bradbury’s short story “The Veldt”, a family of four lives in a futuristic world where technology does everything for them. They live in a Happylife Home where the house does everything for them. This leads to a comfortable yet boring life for the parents. Yet this lax boring life leads to changes in the kids development starting a chain of events that will change the family forever. A life lesson in this story is that when technology does everything for you, you seemingly don’t need to exist.
In beginning of the story, George and Lydia Hadley, parents of Peter and Wendy Hadley, are living in their signature Happylife home, which does everything from washing the kids to tying your shoes. But this lax life stars to make the parents feel useless. Bradbury writes in his story, “"But I thought that's why we bought this house, so we wouldn't have to do anything?" "That's just it. I feel like I don't belong here. The house is wife and mother now, and nursemaid. Can I compete with an African veldt? Can I give a bath and scrub the …show more content…
Where before they had a Santa Claus now they have a Scrooge. Children prefer Santas. You've let this room and this house replace you and your wife in your children's affections. This room is their mother and father, far more important in their lives than their real parents. And now you come along and want to shut it off. No wonder there's hatred here…”. The psychologist views the nursery and deduces that because the children’s destructive hate filled thoughts, are because the parents aren’t allowing them to do things after a life of spoiling. They now view the house as their parents, for their real biological don’t do anything for them. Since the kids now view the parents as useless, they will tolerate them to a certain point until their restrictions and rules become too cumbersome, then, they will seek to be rid of their parents. The house, has replaced the