The Use Of Technology In The Veldt By Ray Bradbury
Nowadays, many children admit to yelling, hating, and threatening their parents when technology is taken from them. In return, many parents use technology as leverage to discipline their children. Ray Bradbury, the author of The Veldt, writes of the harm of technology in children’s lives as he depicts two children, Wendy and Peter Hadley who disrespect and hat their parents. The disrespect and hatred for George and Lydia is derived from being spoiled with technology. Foreshadowing, symbolism, and setting, all contribute to a warning that grave consequences come with the overindulgence of technology.
The setting of the African veldt in the nursery compares the wild animals to the behavior of both Wendy and Peter. The veldt is virtual but to …show more content…
When psychologist David McClean looks at the nursery; he tells George to turn it off because “the room has become a channel toward destructive thoughts” (Bradbury 10). A nursery is usually a place that has a positive connotation. One used a nursery as an infant, getting cared for by loved ones. However, in this story, a computer that feels no feelings takes care of the children in the nursery. Lydia and George, who should be taking care of their kids, are being replaced by emotionless technology. The broken relationship of parent and child created by technology, is just one of the many consequences created from overuse and attachment to technology. The technology and over-spoiling of the kids created a hostile place both in the nursery and in the family …show more content…
The nursery and virtual world of technology took over and replaced the parental figures in the children’s lives. Technology allowed the children a place to think up the monstrosity of killing their parents. A nursery, which is supposed to symbolize love, is the place where two kids used the virtual room to carefully plan out the murders of their parents. However, to the kids technology was their caretaker whom they could rely on, not their parents. Technology took over the job of parenting and George and Lydia realize this too
The setting of the African veldt in the nursery compares the wild animals to the behavior of both Wendy and Peter. The veldt is virtual but to …show more content…
When psychologist David McClean looks at the nursery; he tells George to turn it off because “the room has become a channel toward destructive thoughts” (Bradbury 10). A nursery is usually a place that has a positive connotation. One used a nursery as an infant, getting cared for by loved ones. However, in this story, a computer that feels no feelings takes care of the children in the nursery. Lydia and George, who should be taking care of their kids, are being replaced by emotionless technology. The broken relationship of parent and child created by technology, is just one of the many consequences created from overuse and attachment to technology. The technology and over-spoiling of the kids created a hostile place both in the nursery and in the family …show more content…
The nursery and virtual world of technology took over and replaced the parental figures in the children’s lives. Technology allowed the children a place to think up the monstrosity of killing their parents. A nursery, which is supposed to symbolize love, is the place where two kids used the virtual room to carefully plan out the murders of their parents. However, to the kids technology was their caretaker whom they could rely on, not their parents. Technology took over the job of parenting and George and Lydia realize this too