Similarities Between The Veldt And The Illustrated Man

In The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury, he conveys similar characteristics between Mink from “Zero Hour” and Wendy and Peter from “The Veldt”. At the beginning of both short stories the children become less and less present in front of the parents, Mink starts playing the game Invasion with the younger kids, and Wendy and Peter spend more and more time in their nursery that is set up as Africa. The idea of something controlling the children is also similar between both books as in “The Veldt” the nursery affected the children’s thoughts and led them to Africa. The same happened with Drill in “Zero Hour”, Mink thought she was just playing a game and following all the rules, but slowly the game change to more real life. A huge similarity between