The Veldt
1. Amorality – not being moral. Can’t distinguish between right and wrong. 2. I agree that children are amoral because they aren’t sure what is right and what is wrong. They need to be taught by mistakes and by their parents. For example, if a child swears and gets in trouble, they didn’t think they did anything wrong because he/she heard from someone else. They don’t know what is right or wrong until they learn it.
After Reading 1. The first example of foreshadowing in “The Veldt” is when the parents hear the screaming. That scream that was in the beginning of the story, is actually the scream when they are getting eaten by the lions. The second example of foreshadowing is when the father goes into the nursery and finds his wallet and his wife’s scarf. The lions and the children are using that to eventually kill their parents. The last example of foreshadowing is when Peter says “ ‘I wish you were dead!’ ”(129). Peter and Wendy do kill the parents at the end. They have been planning this in their heads for a while, because the nursery is their parents now, and they want George and Lydia dead. 2. The relationship between the parents and their children is very uncontrollable. The family lives in a house that has a nursery that can take you wherever you like. The nursery is turning into Peter and Wendy’s parents. Technology has become more dominant than the real parents. George and Lydia have become unnecessary to the children, so Peter and Wendy lock them in the nursery for the lions to eat them. The technology is overcoming the whole family, and is controlling the children to do this to their parents because they tried to shut down the nursery. 3. The initial incident happens when Lydia first voices her concerns to her husband George about their children spending so much time in the nursery. They start to realize that their children are spending too much time in the nursery. On page 119 George says “ ‘they live for the nursery’ ”. The children are
After Reading 1. The first example of foreshadowing in “The Veldt” is when the parents hear the screaming. That scream that was in the beginning of the story, is actually the scream when they are getting eaten by the lions. The second example of foreshadowing is when the father goes into the nursery and finds his wallet and his wife’s scarf. The lions and the children are using that to eventually kill their parents. The last example of foreshadowing is when Peter says “ ‘I wish you were dead!’ ”(129). Peter and Wendy do kill the parents at the end. They have been planning this in their heads for a while, because the nursery is their parents now, and they want George and Lydia dead. 2. The relationship between the parents and their children is very uncontrollable. The family lives in a house that has a nursery that can take you wherever you like. The nursery is turning into Peter and Wendy’s parents. Technology has become more dominant than the real parents. George and Lydia have become unnecessary to the children, so Peter and Wendy lock them in the nursery for the lions to eat them. The technology is overcoming the whole family, and is controlling the children to do this to their parents because they tried to shut down the nursery. 3. The initial incident happens when Lydia first voices her concerns to her husband George about their children spending so much time in the nursery. They start to realize that their children are spending too much time in the nursery. On page 119 George says “ ‘they live for the nursery’ ”. The children are