their children. Ray Bradbury, the author of The Veldt, writes of the harm of technology in children’s lives as he depicts two children, Wendy and Peter Hadley who disrespect and hat their parents. The disrespect and hatred for George and Lydia is derived from being spoiled with technology. Foreshadowing, symbolism, and setting, all contribute to a warning that grave consequences come with the overindulgence of technology. The setting of the African veldt in the nursery compares the wild animals to the
Bradbury’s short story, “The Veldt” that make inconsiderate decisions. Peter and Wendy make the decision to kill their parents when the nursery is endangered. George and Lydia made the decision to give up their parental responsibility. George and Lydia made the decision to have Peter and Wendy raised in a technologically advanced home. Their mother rethought about the decision that she made when she became aware that Peter and Wendy have been playing too much in the Veldt. The parents became suspicious
“The Veldt”, by Ray Bradbury, is a future fiction that describes the gradual disintegration of the family structure and its values, even reaching the physical elimination of the reference adults, due to the destructive power of technology. In this futuristic reality, the author presents the reliance on technology as one of the worst evils that affect the American society. “The Veldt” tells about the everyday life of Lydia and George Hadley, who live with their children, Peter and Wendy, in a “Happy-life