The short story “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury has three themes in the story. One of them is technology, since life is too easy as George says “Its not a living anymore”(Page 3). In the story the more technology you have, the more dissatisfaction you have. The second theme is dissatisfaction, Lydia felt useless since all the chores are made for her, George feels unsatisfied and drinks and smokes too much, the kids are dissatisfied with their parents that they prefer the nursery rather than them. As Lydia said “That’s just it. I don’t belong her. The house is a wife and mother now, and nursemaid. Can I compete to an African Veldt?” (Page 3). The last theme is family. In the story, family is the opposite of technology since Lydia doesn’t do household,
