Analysis Of The Veldt By Ray Bradbury

The Veldt by Ray Bradbury is about two children, Peter and Wendy, that live with their parents, Lydia and George Hadley. Bradbury wrote this story to describe how dangerous technology can effect society, and how childhood is signified. The family, Hadleys, purchased a “Happylife Home.” The house has a demeanor of treating everyone in the house. As the family becomes more dependent on the house, they become more obsessed with being reliant on technology and being spoiled. Therefore, childhood in the story that was once love and care has turned into abandonment and twisted minds.
The nursery represents childhood in The Veldt. It is a futuristic machine that is controlled by imagination. The nursery is loved by children because their imaginations
Their hatred builds from not getting their ways. When George shuts the nursery, Peter yells, “I hate you…I wish you were dead!” (9). Peter wanted death upon his father for shutting down the house. He orders the house “to not let them [shut] it,” (9). Due to the lack of parenting of Lydia and George, the kids have become dependent on the house. The house parented the kids by taking care of them, so the house was the children’s parents in their mind. The parents opened the nursery again, and the kids shout, “Daddy, Mommy, come quick – quick!” (10). Lydia and George ran into the nursery to search for the kids, but they only spotted the lions staring at them. The door to the nursery slammed shut. Lydia and George continuously shout at Peter and Wendy to open the door. They see “the lions on three sides of them…roaring in their throats…Mr. and Mrs. Hadley screamed,” (10). After spending weeks in Africa and watching lions feeding, death travels throughout their minds. Lydia and George failed to bring happiness to their children’s’ lives so instead of the parents taking care of the children, the technology would. Peter and Wendy’s hatred towards their parents caused them to use the nursery and technology to kill their