“The Veldt” is a short story by Ray Bradbury written in the 1950’s. The themes found throughout the short story are is applicable to the current world today. “The Veldt” addresses society’s growing need and reliance on technology, and the harm this reliance can have on individuals. Bradbury does this by creating the Hadleys family, and demonstrating their own struggles in their lives, because of the technology they are living with.
The story begins with Lydia (the mother) in the nursery, where she asks her husband, George to come in and look at the walls, and he thinking nothing of this request does. The nursery is a 3D replica of Africa, that the kids have thought up. While they are standing in the room, the wild African Safari appears throughout the walls. With there being everything from: “the hot straw of lion grass, the cool smell of a hidden water hole, the great rusty smell of animals, the smell of dust like a red paprika in the hot air” (lines 33-35). At this point the Hadleys are worried by what their nursery has become. That's not all of it …show more content…
Only because Bradbury writes about a nursery that changes scenes when the children think of different places, and the house cleans itself, brushes the teeth of the occupants of the house, and it even transports the people upstairs. The children, Peter and Wendy growing up with little to no discipline and having everything done for them due to the house having that ability, are of course upset when their dad decides to shut off the house. They have become so dependent on the technology they cannot imagine a life without it. Technology and the idea of family are two huge and main themes throughout the short story, because without the technology the family would be like any ordinary family, and maybe they wouldn't be so apart from each
The story begins with Lydia (the mother) in the nursery, where she asks her husband, George to come in and look at the walls, and he thinking nothing of this request does. The nursery is a 3D replica of Africa, that the kids have thought up. While they are standing in the room, the wild African Safari appears throughout the walls. With there being everything from: “the hot straw of lion grass, the cool smell of a hidden water hole, the great rusty smell of animals, the smell of dust like a red paprika in the hot air” (lines 33-35). At this point the Hadleys are worried by what their nursery has become. That's not all of it …show more content…
Only because Bradbury writes about a nursery that changes scenes when the children think of different places, and the house cleans itself, brushes the teeth of the occupants of the house, and it even transports the people upstairs. The children, Peter and Wendy growing up with little to no discipline and having everything done for them due to the house having that ability, are of course upset when their dad decides to shut off the house. They have become so dependent on the technology they cannot imagine a life without it. Technology and the idea of family are two huge and main themes throughout the short story, because without the technology the family would be like any ordinary family, and maybe they wouldn't be so apart from each