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The Veldt And Cooking Time, By Anita Roy

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A typical genre loved by many is used in all different types of books and stories. One of the most fascinating ones that can place the reader in unimaginable worlds with new people, technology and rules is science fiction. Although most think it to be just that, fiction about scientific advancements and future worlds, authors take it to the next level by using their writing to critique modern day societal issues. Using the conventions of science-fiction they can critique the world without the reader even noticing. For example, in the science-fiction story, “The Veldt,” by Ray Bradbury, scientific advancements, specifically of technology, critiques humans' reliability on technology in society, while “Cooking Time,” by Anita Roy uses advancements, …show more content…

In the story, the setting is placed in a society that is controlled almost completely by a single corporation, AgroGlobal, which rose to power after the food wars, following which there was no real, natural food left, only Newtri–nutritional pouches created by the corporation. The only real food was on a cooking show that takes contestants into the past to compete for the title of “MasterChef of All Time.” The protagonist, Mandy, wants more than anything to cook real food. She applies and is accepted to be a contestant on the show. Once she tastes real food, she knows she can never go back. In the end, she disappears into the past, leaving only a note …show more content…

A part of that also being technology having a negative effect on the social and mental health of, not only youth, but everyone who uses it. In the story the Hadleys live in a house run completely by technology. The parents, George and Lydia begin to worry about their children and their relationship with a particular room in the house, the nursery. The nursery alters its surroundings to become whatever you are thinking about, they spend hours in it and at any time there is a threat to the nursery the children become angry and hostile to their parents. An example is given in the text by George Hadley: “When I punished him a month ago by locking the nursery for even a few hours — the tantrum he threw! And Wendy too. They live for the nursery,” (Bradbury,

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