The Veldt Literary Analysis

In The Veldt they show us that the nursery the family has in there house is a danger to the parents. “...Happylife home, which had cost them thirty thousand dollars installed, thi s house which clothed and fed and rocked them to sleep and played and sang and was good to them.” This shows that having your house do all these things that you could do yourself is a little odd, but that is how the Hadley family liked to live or so they thought. This is important because it’s showing us how much they would spend so that they could get away from the danger, but really they just brought the danger to themselves. In the end of the story it says “I wish you were dead” This was sad by the children to their parents because the parents wanted to turn off the nursery and they children got anger but they knew from the moment they said that the nursery would make that happen because it does what the children want. This is an
“ Margie had always hated school, but now more than ever. The mechanical teacher had been giving her test after test in geography and she had been doing worse and worse until her mother had shaken her head sorrowfully and sent for the Country Inspector.” This shows that Margie's mother wants her to do good in school, but she can also tell how much Margie hates it. THis is important because it shows that Margie really does hate school, but also she’s trying, but there's too many tests so it’s overwhelming her. In the story it also states “But mother says a teacher has to be adjusted to fit the mind of each boy and girl it teaches and that each kid has to be taught differently.” THis shows that her mother is trying to show Margie how different everyone needs to be taught because not everyone's on the same level for learning. This is important because it makes us think about having mechanical teachers and how antisocial we would be if we