Science fiction stories often accentuate that technology can be destructive and devastating and that we as a human race are not ready for these consequences of its use. Firstly, Eckels asked, “ ‘Who who won the presidential election yesterday?’ The man behind the desk laughed. ‘You joking? You know very well. Deutscher, of course! Who else? Not that fool weakling Keith. We got an iron man now, a man with guts!’ ” (Bradbury1). This illustrates that when using time travel technology, something as small as stepping on a butterfly can result in a horrible dictator taking power. In continuance, Ray Bradbury wrote, “Mr. Hadley looked at his wife and they turned and looked back at the beasts edging slowly forward, knees bent, tails in the air. …show more content…
The first example that reflects this idea is when, Hazel said, “ ‘That’s just it. I feel like I don’t belong here. The house is wife and mother now, and nurse for the children. Can I compete with an African veldt? Can I give a bath and clean the children as efficiently or quickly as the automatic body wash can? I cannot’ ” (The Veldt). This shows that since the children did not maintain this positive communication with their parents, the children began to hate their parents because they served no purpose to them but took things away and disciplined them. The second piece of evidence reflecting the importance of positive communication is when, George said “ ‘You been crying’ he said to Hazel. ‘Yup,’ she said. ‘What about?’ he said. ‘I forget,’ she said. ‘Something real sad on television.’ ‘What was it?’ he said. ‘It's all kind of mixed up in my mind,’ said Hazel. ‘Forget sad things,’ said George. ‘I always do,’ said Hazel. ‘That's my girl,’ said George. He winced. There was the sound of a rivetting gun in his head.’ ” This example clearly reflects what happens after virtually all real communication disappears. George and Hazel can only talk in short, shallow conversations, they cannot communicate the tragedy of their son being killed on live television. The final example is when, Ray Bradbury wrote, “Eight-one, tick-tock, eight-one o'clock, off to school, off to work, run, run, eight-one! But no doors slammed, no carpets took the soft tread of rubber heels. It was raining outside. The weather box on the front door sang quietly: "Rain, rain, go away; rubbers, raincoats for today..." And the rain tapped on the empty house, echoing. Outside, the garage chimed and lifted its door to reveal the waiting car. After a long wait the door