Science fiction is a style of a story that’s involving things that aren’t possible in the real world. For example, a science fiction piece of grandeur is “Jurassic Park”. The Illustrated Man is a story by Ray Bradbury that’s also Science Fiction as well. This story’s main conflict is the people dealing with technology and extra-terrestrial beings, like aliens. It’s a story compilation within a story. Bradbury’s overall goal in this story is to show that the human being can go too far when relying only on technology. The theme is, “Technology is portrayed as failing to make human life better.” Truer words can’t be explained by looking at the story and seeing how this can be portrayed. The Veldt is the 1st story that’s about a lovely couple with 2 kids, Wendy and Peter that have a completely …show more content…
And this time, the kids went too far with their reading. The nursery won’t quit depicting the African Veldt full of lions and because the kids walked on the wild side, the nursery won’t stop depicting a harsh world of predator and prey. The overall theme of technology is demonstrated when a professor comes over to check on the nursery. When he asked the nursery to show “Aladdin”, it only stuck to the veldt. Evidence that supports the theme is, “Or it can’t respond,” said Lydia, “because the children have thought about Africa & lions & killing so many days that the room’s in a rut.” (Ray Bradbury, pg. 16). This quote basically has a cause & effect line to it. Because the kids read about Africa, the nursery shows Africa. Because the kids read so much of it, the nursery goes haywire and only shows this kill-or-be-killed land of death. And the kids get so