Technology In 'The Veldt' By Ray Bradbury

The majority of teens and children nowadays have access to technology. This can be dangerous, as is the case in “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury. In this scenario, the kids, with the help of technology and its autonomous control, ultimately kill their parents. First, George and Lydia Hadley notice there is something wrong with the nursery, a room which changes depending on a person’s thoughts. The nursery is always stuck on the simulation of an African veldt. When they confront the children, the children change it immediately, and feign ignorance. Later, as its switched back, they find George’s bloody wallet inside. The psychologist urges them to move, but, the children trap the parents in the nursery, and order the simulation to kill the parents. In “The Veldt”, the author uses imagery and foreshadowing to show the possible negative and dangerous effects that technology

“‘What is that?’ she asked. ‘An old wallet of mine,’ he said. He showed it to her. The smell of hot grass was on it and the smell of a lion. There were drops of saliva on it, it bad been chewed, and there were blood smears on both sides” (Bradbury). George and Lydia find one of George’s old wallets inside the nursery. It has been chewed thoroughly on both sides, and has blood stains and saliva. It was an indication that no amount of money can buy happiness or replace love. Also, throughout the story, George and Lydia hear screams coming from the nursery, but they can never pinpoint who they belong to. At the end, when the nursery is going to kill them, both parents scream and then realize the previous screams were their own. However, they realized it too late.
Bradbury embeds his message using many examples of imagery and foreshadowing. This theme he is conveying is the message that technology can not replicate a parent’s love, and also to not spoil your children with