Symbolism In The Veldt By Ray Bradbury

In today’s society kids have access to more technology; this access gives them extra freedom to connect with others. Even though Ray Bradbury wrote his story “The Veldt” over 60 years ago, he addresses this everlasting issue of kids indulging in material possession, specifically technology. Through his story, he describes two parents, Lydia and George, struggling to disciple their spoiled children who care more for their technology than them. In “The Veldt” Bradbury uses symbolism, imagery, and foreshadowing to show that technology restrictions are needed in order to have a healthy life.
Bradbury uses symbolism in the story to represent the effects that technology can have on kids, and that restrictions are needed. A prime example of symbolism in the story is the nursery. In the story, the kids say “You can’t do that to the nursery, you can’t!” (Bradbury 13) The nursery symbolizes the addiction to technology in today’s world; the children see the nursery as more of a parental figure than just a room. Bradbury says “They screamed and pranced and threw things.” (Bradbury 13) Through this, Bradbury is saying that technology limitations are needed because kids will develop an unhealthy addiction to it.

He does this to show the reader that technology use should be limited. Towards the end of the story, when the nursery is shut down, the author uses imagery to show the kids lashing out “The two children were in hysterics. They screamed and pranced and threw things. They yelled and sobbed and swore and jumped at the furniture.” (Bradbury 13) This example of imagery allows the readers to see how the kids blatantly disrespect their parents because they don’t know how to act without technology. This further proves his point of technology restrictions needing to be enforced in order to have a healthy