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Ray Bradbury’s short story, “The Veldt”, is a cautionary tale about the dangers of relying
too heavily on technology. In the story, the parents, George and Lydia, have purchased a house
that does everything for them including cook their food and brush their teeth. The house contains
a special virtual room where the children can play. This room can change from an Egyptian
desert to an African veldt at the press of a button. However, the children have become addicted
to the room, and they throw a tantrum when George threatens to shut it off.
That sounds dreadful! Would I have to tie my own shoes instead of letting the
shoe tier do it? And brush my own teeth and comb my hair and give myself a
bath?(Bradbury 3).
The children are spoiled by the technology; they are completely dependent on the electronic
devices and gadgetry to the point where they cannot imagine their lives without it. They become
so frustrated that the two twisted children devise a plan to ensure that the room never shuts off
again. When adults spoil their children by giving them unmonitored usage of devices and
electronics, their children become dependent and complacent. Bradbury shows the reader the
inevitable and irreparable damage technology can cause, and how electronics can disrupt a
family.
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Ray Bradbury’s short story, “The Veldt”, is a cautionary tale about the dangers of relying
too heavily on technology. In the story, the parents, George and Lydia, have purchased a house
that does everything for them including cook their food and brush their teeth. The house contains
a special virtual room where the children can play. This room can change from an Egyptian
desert to an African veldt at the press of a button. However, the children have become addicted
to the room, and they throw a tantrum when George threatens to shut it off. Peter complains,
“That sounds dreadful! Would I have to tie my own shoes instead of letting the shoe tier do it?
And brush my own teeth and comb my hair and give myself a bath?” (Bradbury 3). The children
are spoiled by the technology; they are completely dependent on the electronic devices and
gadgetry to the point where they cannot imagine their lives without it. They become so frustrated
that the two twisted children devise a plan to ensure that the room never shuts off again. When
adults spoil their children by giving them unmonitored usage of devices and electronics, their
children become dependent and complacent. Bradbury shows the reader the inevitable and
irreparable damage technology can cause, and how electronics can disrupt a family.