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thing that’s interesting about this story is the evil involved, the kids aren't fighting against some corrupt government. They’re fighting against their parents George and Lydia. The worst thing they did was say no to the kids for the first time and things escalated. Though this story is terrifying and a tragedy the children's actions were not as shocking a second glance.
First the childrens name’s Wendy and Peter are a direct reference to Peter Pan connecting the children's want to never grow up and live in an imaginative world.
They were given everything possible, unlimited access to their imagination, their hearts desires all in one room, care and nurture but not from their parent. Like many kids at one point they dreamed up a place with no rules, no adults and the want to be free to never grow up is understandable. Even at 10 they are growing up fast going to the carnival alone and asking to go to NY. But the stories endings are much different, in Peter Pan the kids want to go back home to their parent but in The Veldt the children rebel against their parents. In changing the story Bradbury reveals a darker twist to the story. The room embodies their childhood and the lions could represent their anxiety and fear of growing up, so they lash out by having the very thing that scares them kill their
parents.
The line “Long before you knew what death was you were wishing it on someone else” is important it gives us some insight on the children's actions. You can be young and not know what death is but still have emotions like sadness, hate and disgust there for you can wish horrible things on people without knowing the meaning. Children are like sponges they soak up stuff all around them including the bad. Bradbury takes hold of that image and sends a strong parenting message and a warning of what the future of technology may have in store for us.