What is the first clue that something weird is going on with the nursery? The screaming that comes from the where the lions are feeding. What does Wendy do when she returns from the carnival? She changes the nursery from the veldt to a beautiful forest scene. What is an example of a simile in the text? 'eyes like bright blue agate marbles'' How much would the Happylife Home cost in present day? 300k How do the kids show that they don't respect their parents? They treat them as if they're the offspring. What do the chairs and beds do for the Hadleys? Calm and comfort them. What does neurotic mean? feeling stress that can cause one to be unnecessarily anxious or obsessive. How did the author describe the children? Sweet and innocent. Example: the screams in the nursery sounding familiar. A warning or indication of a future event. He frequently played upon the themes of pedophobia in his fiction, and this story does make you wonder what a spoilt child would do if they had the technological advantage against their parents.Īn original and interesting cautionary tale, although perhaps not as captivating as some of his others.What two items (of their own) do the parents find in the nursery? A wallet and a scarf Foreshadowing means. If you hand such technological power to hostile, selfish youths, what will that mean for their parents?Īlthough the Veldt is not one of Bradbury’s stronger stories, it is an incredibly distinct way to broach technological convenience, which is so relevant today. The couple even think they should holiday from their happy home and turn off all technology, so they have to do everything by hand and remember what it was like to really live.īut the children don’t want this and will do everything they can to stop their parents taking their nursery away from them. The veldltand is a hot, wild and dangerous, and their mother believe a psychologist may need to be involved to discover why the two kids are having such macabre thoughts.

It has become disconcerting for their mother and father as they hear lions roar and screams from within the nursery on a regular basis.

For instance, if they have just read Peter Pan it may recreate NeverLand, or if they have learned about Egypt it may display the pyramids.īut the children in the Hadley household have recently become obsessed with African veldtland, and have therefore projected this treacherous landscape into the room every single day for weeks. The house also features a special nursery that projects anything children imagine onto the crystalline walls. Bradbury describes a house that is designed to see to its’ occupiers every need and perform all tasks and duties, from cooking dinner to tying shoelaces to even rocking them to sleep at night. The Veldt focuses on a futuristic utopian household gone very wrong. I’ve managed to wait six months without reviewing Ray Bradbury.

The Veldt by Ray Bradbury