Revenge Powered Brats: The American Society
“The Veldt”, Ray Bradbury’s work from the 1950’s, offers a particular perspective of parenting that is relevant to today 's society; parents, who so often claim responsibilities for the positive outcomes in their children 's lives are also guilty of raising revenge-powered and spoiled beings. In multiple situations, children may feel powerless against adults and create their own mental fantasies in which they have total control over any adult who does not give them what they want. Bradbury poses that an adult may cause these fantasies to be triggered when they do something like forbid a child from getting something they really want after they spoil them. The children get too accustomed to getting their way and become filled with rage when they do not get their wishes granted,no matter how minute. Eventually this results in a cycle our current society is …show more content…
His parents did not like the idea of their son playing a violent game with adult ratings because they didn 't find it suitable for him; this idea didn 't sit well with their dearly beloved son at all. Daniel snuck out of the house one night and bought the game without either parent knowing. While stuck at home because of a staphylococcus infection, Daniel would sometimes play for up to 18 hours straight. His mother caught him playing one day and as a punishment, his father locked up his game in a safe which also held his 9mm Taurus PT-92 handgun. About a week later, Daniel used his father 's keys to unlock the safe and take his game, along with his father’s handgun. Daniel then spotted his parents relaxing on the couch and went up behind them to say, “ Would you close your eyes, I have a surprise for you”, and then proceeded to shoot both his
“The Veldt”, Ray Bradbury’s work from the 1950’s, offers a particular perspective of parenting that is relevant to today 's society; parents, who so often claim responsibilities for the positive outcomes in their children 's lives are also guilty of raising revenge-powered and spoiled beings. In multiple situations, children may feel powerless against adults and create their own mental fantasies in which they have total control over any adult who does not give them what they want. Bradbury poses that an adult may cause these fantasies to be triggered when they do something like forbid a child from getting something they really want after they spoil them. The children get too accustomed to getting their way and become filled with rage when they do not get their wishes granted,no matter how minute. Eventually this results in a cycle our current society is …show more content…
His parents did not like the idea of their son playing a violent game with adult ratings because they didn 't find it suitable for him; this idea didn 't sit well with their dearly beloved son at all. Daniel snuck out of the house one night and bought the game without either parent knowing. While stuck at home because of a staphylococcus infection, Daniel would sometimes play for up to 18 hours straight. His mother caught him playing one day and as a punishment, his father locked up his game in a safe which also held his 9mm Taurus PT-92 handgun. About a week later, Daniel used his father 's keys to unlock the safe and take his game, along with his father’s handgun. Daniel then spotted his parents relaxing on the couch and went up behind them to say, “ Would you close your eyes, I have a surprise for you”, and then proceeded to shoot both his