Is It Technology or Parents? Albert Einstein once said," It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity." This describes Peter and Wendy's relationship with technology perfectly. In Ray Bradbury's "The Veldt" their parents, George and Lydia, own a house that clothed them, fed them, bathed them, and many other things. They also own a nursery where anything you imagine will show up as if it were a 3-D movie. Once the parents realize their children's attachment to the nursery they shut it down, which causes the kids to "snap" and do something unimaginable. In “The Veldt” Ray Bradbury shows that he believes we will become too emotionally attached to technological items. Bradbury uses images of items in the house to show how much technology controls the lives of the Hadley family. When George shuts the house down he turns off," ...the voice clocks, the stoves, the heaters, the shoe shiners, the shoe lacers, the body scrubbers and swabbers and massagers..."(Bradbury 11). This shows that a machine does everyday activities for the family; the machines do everything for them, and that tells you technology controls their lives. Which leads to the Hadleys getting attached to technology. …show more content…
When someone thinks of a lion they think of powerful, leader/ruler, terrifying, or sometimes even dangerous, Ray Bradbury only uses a few sentences about the lions such as;"… terrible green-yellow eyes"(Bradbury 2), "smell of meat from the panting, dripping mouths"(Bradbury2)," two people screaming from downstairs. And then a roar of lions"(Bradbury 7), and “...the beasts edging slowly forwards crouching, tails stiff"(Bradbury 13). This shows that George and Lydia were scared and intimidated by the lions, A.K.A. technology. Which leads to the parents being emotionally attached to technology, even though it is in a bad