The Veldt Literary Analysis
Setting the way for Characters In the story, “Home” by Gwendolyn Brooks and the story “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury the authors both write about a house or home. In “The Veldt,” a family lives in a house that does everything for them and have a nursery that puts what ever you imagine onto the walls. Later on the kids trap the parents in the room with lions who end up eating the parents. In the story, “Home,” a family is in need of a loan to keep their house, so there dad goes out one day to try and get one. He ends up coming back with the loan to his family’s surprise. Each author uses a setting of a family home to impact the characters. In the story “Home”, by Gwendolyn Brooks, the author uses a setting of a home to impact the characters.
The characters are all hoping that their papa can get the loan so they don’t have to move. Since they are put in this situation, between losing and keeping their home it makes the family look at the positive and negative affects of living in this house. Maud Martha “gazed at a little hopping robin in the tree, her tree, and tried to keep the fronts of her eyes dry” (Brooks 1). At the same time she was upset, helen brought up the point that, “‘They’re much prettier than this old house’” (Brooks 1). Mama tried to look at both sides of keeping and leaving their house but everyone agreed that they wanted the loan because Papa “‘lives for this house” (Brooks 2). The house is important to devoloping the characters for it makes the characters show feelings and emotions towards their house. It also shows how they feel for each other especially Papa. Each of their personalities are shown, for instance you can infer that Papa works hard for this house, so it would be hard for him to let it go. Overall, the setting brings out parts of the characters personality in the story. In the story, “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury the author uses setting to develop how the characters behave. This families home can do everything for them leaving not just the kids, but the parents spoiled. Since the house has elements such as a smart nursery and machines that do the basic tasks that are needed to survive, the family is left with nothing to do. For instance they have machines that “clothed and fed and rocked them to sleep and played and sang” (Bradbury 1). The dad mentions turning off the machines and Peter reacts by saying, “‘ Would I have to tie my own shoes instead if letting the shoe tier do it? And brush my own teeth and comby my hair and give myself a bath?’” (Bradbury 9). This shows how spoiled the children really are and how the parents don’t have to play any parenting roles to their children. While it seems like just the children are spoiled, the story suggests how relaxed the parents are for not having to do any of the basic tasks like helping to teach their kids these necessary skills. To conclude, the aspect of a smart phone leads the reader to understand more of the characters actions and personalitites. Both stories use the setting of a home to help further develop the characters. While these homes are drastically different, the characters’ complexions are shown through plot and setting. Lastly, the use of a creative setting helps to conclude the characters style and personality in more depth than without the setting of a home.
The characters are all hoping that their papa can get the loan so they don’t have to move. Since they are put in this situation, between losing and keeping their home it makes the family look at the positive and negative affects of living in this house. Maud Martha “gazed at a little hopping robin in the tree, her tree, and tried to keep the fronts of her eyes dry” (Brooks 1). At the same time she was upset, helen brought up the point that, “‘They’re much prettier than this old house’” (Brooks 1). Mama tried to look at both sides of keeping and leaving their house but everyone agreed that they wanted the loan because Papa “‘lives for this house” (Brooks 2). The house is important to devoloping the characters for it makes the characters show feelings and emotions towards their house. It also shows how they feel for each other especially Papa. Each of their personalities are shown, for instance you can infer that Papa works hard for this house, so it would be hard for him to let it go. Overall, the setting brings out parts of the characters personality in the story. In the story, “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury the author uses setting to develop how the characters behave. This families home can do everything for them leaving not just the kids, but the parents spoiled. Since the house has elements such as a smart nursery and machines that do the basic tasks that are needed to survive, the family is left with nothing to do. For instance they have machines that “clothed and fed and rocked them to sleep and played and sang” (Bradbury 1). The dad mentions turning off the machines and Peter reacts by saying, “‘ Would I have to tie my own shoes instead if letting the shoe tier do it? And brush my own teeth and comby my hair and give myself a bath?’” (Bradbury 9). This shows how spoiled the children really are and how the parents don’t have to play any parenting roles to their children. While it seems like just the children are spoiled, the story suggests how relaxed the parents are for not having to do any of the basic tasks like helping to teach their kids these necessary skills. To conclude, the aspect of a smart phone leads the reader to understand more of the characters actions and personalitites. Both stories use the setting of a home to help further develop the characters. While these homes are drastically different, the characters’ complexions are shown through plot and setting. Lastly, the use of a creative setting helps to conclude the characters style and personality in more depth than without the setting of a home.