The Veldt Compare And Contrast

“The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury, tells the story of a family living in a futuristic “HappyLife Home”, that consists of various machines that perform all tasks thinkable. The children of the family, soon become intrigued by the nursery; a virtual reality room that reproduces any place the children imagine. As the nursery begins to display peculiar scenes, the Hadley family is driven to deal with the burdens of technology. In 1984, the short story “The Veldt”, was adapted into a film. The short story and the film have many parallels and similarities, with the exception of a few differences and variations. In my eyes, throughout the story and film; the plot events, settings, characters, and the resolution, show the greatest signs of contrast, as

For example, consistently throughout the film and story, the children control their parents through the nursery and tell them when they will be coming home, where they are, and what they are doing. “At dinner they ate alone, for Wendy and Peter were at a special plastic carnival across town and had televised home to say they'd be late.” The children, Wendy and Peter, are constantly thinking about and threatening their parents through the veldt and the actions of the lions. In the end, we see this sense of control, become domination as the kids take out their parents. In addition, in the film and story, from the beginning Lydia suggests that there is an issue and throughout the story is the driving factor of the therapist, the vacation idea, and the shutdown of the nursery. She is the one to recognize the complications and brainstorm solutions throughout the story and film.“Why don't we shut the whole house off for a few days and take a vacation?" In contrast, in the film Wendy and Peter, called their parents by their first names, whereas in the story, the two children called their parents mom and dad. In all, there are various resemblances and differences associated with characters throughout film and

Throughout both the film and story the setting is extremely futuristic and plays an important role in the plot and design. The story and film, are both set in the future, with advanced technology, various machines, not to mention, a virtual nursery. Throughout the story, as well as the film, the Hadley family lives in a technology-based house, that does all of their household tasks, chores or anything they could possibly need. One of the largest differences within the settings from the story to the film, is when Wendy changes the nursery setting from Africa to a different setting. In the story, the setting is changed to a “Green, lovely forest, a lovely river, a purple mountain, high voices singing, and Rima, lovely and mysterious, lurking in the trees with colorful flights of butterflies, like animated bouquets, lingering in her long hair.” The film showed a jungle-like setting, with no mountains or Rima. Moreover, as you see above, there are many similarities in the setting of the film and the story, with a few contrasts as