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    Trials. So because of his descant of Mary Bradbury during the Salem witch trials he tends to put bad choices and terrible outcomes into his stories. In this essay I will be talking about the Imagery in these three short stories “The Pedestrian”‚ “The Veldt”‚ and “The Sound of Thunder” all by Ray Bradbury. In this story “The Pedestrian” it talks about some guy named Mr.Leonard Mead and how he is on his walk at 8 in the evening on a November evening where he enjoys being outside for hours at a time. Also

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    In the story "The Veldt" Ray Bradbury presents a strong idea about why the parents were the fault of their own death. "But nothing’s too good for our children‚" George said. George and Lydia bought a lot of technology bemused‚ that their children should have the best and most advanced technology. Maybe the children killed their parents‚ but it was the fault of themselves that led to their fatality. Initially‚ George and Lydia didn’t try hard enough to discipline their children. Every time they’ve

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    In The Veldt‚ Ray Bradbury uses simile‚ tone and mood to give readers deeper understanding. It gives readers a creepy‚ unsettling feeling. The foreshadowing gives subtle hints on what’s to come. Despite some people claiming symbolism presents a cleaner picture‚ that can be proven wrong. Having better tone and mood gives the reader a deeper sense of reality. Good tone and usage of similes make the story seem more realistic. Ray Bradbury’s usage of simile‚ tone and mood‚ create a higher quality story

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    The “Veldt” written By Ray Bradbury has many craft moves. The craft moves that are most commonly used in the story and the ones that draw the reader in are dialogue‚ similes‚ and personification. These are all shown when the house that has a nursery in it makes the kids hopeless. The house does everything for the kids and they aren’t able to do any real world stuff after they got the house. Ray Bradbury uses dialogue to draw out a conversation between the characters in the story. For example “George

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    Technology “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury is a short story about a husband and wife who buy a “Happylife Home” to do all of their daily chores. It includes a nursery that will respond to whatever a person thinks. In this short story‚ Bradbury suggests of technology is reaching a point where it is no longer helpful‚ but harmful. This theme is portrayed through Bradbury’s use of stylistic devices‚ and character. Bradbury’s style throughout his story aids in portraying his theme of technology’s harmful

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    weak because the communication structure between them is non-existent. The family relies too much on their home that automatically takes care of them and their nursery that telepathically shows the children’s thought. Ray Bradbury‚ the author of “The Veldt” explains George and Lydia give no boundaries to their children that results to spoiling them such as denying letting them go to New York and the threat of turning off the nursery and the house itself forever that leads the children to dispose of them

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    revealed through people’s personality and in literature‚ authors may use a character’s personality to reveals truths about human nature. As portrayed in Ray Bradbury’s The Veldt and The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe‚ human nature can be revealed through the personalities of different characters. Ray Bradbury’s‚ The Veldt uses character traits that help reveal truths about human nature. While admiring the nursery for his children‚ George Hadley expresses that‚ “nothing’s too good for our children

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    Daniel CP Lit and Comp April 22‚ 2024. ‘The Veldt’ and ‘Harrison Bergeron’ Similarity. The short stories‚ “The Veldt‚” written by Ray Bradbury‚ and “Harrison Bergeron‚” written by Kurt Vonnegut‚ discuss similar topics regarding technology and the potential conflict it brings.“The Veldt” and “Harrison Bergeron” include problems such as some people have an upper hand with technology compared to others. For instance‚ the reader sees how the children in “The Veldt” have the upper hand as they control what

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    are some good outcomes‚ but many negative and maybe fatal outcomes. In “The Veldt” technological control was greatly demonstrated as it shows the house taking over and results in the complete destruction of the family. Three very obvious impacts technology had in the family were the children’s homicidal tendencies being born‚ the parents were doubting themselves‚ and at last the parents’ death is inevitable. In “The Veldt”‚ as the house’s technological values showed more and more‚ the house was

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    you then what would the point of family be? I mean you do lots of things with your family like make dinner or play games with them. If there was a house that would do this what would the point of family. That is exactly what happens in the story The Veldt by Ray Bradbury. From the story Cradle Hold by David Klass a boy named Duke just joined a wrestling team and his dad would go to every match that he had. Some of Duke’s teammates

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