The Veldt summary
Chelsea Ye
ESL 160
1/29/2015
“The Veldt” is a science fiction short story written by Ray Bradbury. In the story, George and Lydia Hadley and their son Peter and daughter Wendy live in a high-tech house which is call “The Happylife Home”. And “The nursery” is the room which can create anything that the children imagine. One day, Lydia notices that something is wrong with the nursery and talks to George. They discover their children created an African veldt in the nursery and they are frightened by the lions. Lydia suggests that they close the nursery for a few days because they feel worried about their children becoming obsessed with the nursery. Therefore, George and Lydia decide to call the psychologist, David Mclean. David suggests turning off the house until their children become better. George turns off the nursery and tells the children their decision. The children beg their parents do not turn off the nursery and the rest of house even though turn on one more minute. Lydia cannot stand the children cry and she supports them to turn on the nursery. When George and Lydia prepare to fly the family to lowa, they hear their children call them from the nursery, and run into the nursery, they are locked by the children. The lions kill George and Lydia. When David arrives at the house, he finds the lions eating something at a distance while Wendy and Peter are eating their lunch. This scene what the children imagine the veldt and make the lions eat their parents
ESL 160
1/29/2015
“The Veldt” is a science fiction short story written by Ray Bradbury. In the story, George and Lydia Hadley and their son Peter and daughter Wendy live in a high-tech house which is call “The Happylife Home”. And “The nursery” is the room which can create anything that the children imagine. One day, Lydia notices that something is wrong with the nursery and talks to George. They discover their children created an African veldt in the nursery and they are frightened by the lions. Lydia suggests that they close the nursery for a few days because they feel worried about their children becoming obsessed with the nursery. Therefore, George and Lydia decide to call the psychologist, David Mclean. David suggests turning off the house until their children become better. George turns off the nursery and tells the children their decision. The children beg their parents do not turn off the nursery and the rest of house even though turn on one more minute. Lydia cannot stand the children cry and she supports them to turn on the nursery. When George and Lydia prepare to fly the family to lowa, they hear their children call them from the nursery, and run into the nursery, they are locked by the children. The lions kill George and Lydia. When David arrives at the house, he finds the lions eating something at a distance while Wendy and Peter are eating their lunch. This scene what the children imagine the veldt and make the lions eat their parents