Nick Gagen
Ms. Kressel
Language Arts
17 February 2018
The Opposite of Utopia
As the psychologist enters the veldt, he finds Peter and Wendy leisurely enjoying their lunch as they watch a pride of lions devour figures in the distance. In the short story “The Veldt,” a family, consumed by technology, will have an unexpected turn in their life. This turn was caused by the dangers and negative consequences of heavy technology. The Hadley family were living “The American Dream.” They owned a smart house that did all the necessities that a family has to do; for example, the house tied their shoes, bathed them, and brushed their teeth. They also contained a “nursery” that had 3D color film behind glass screen walls that reflected any image or place
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Ray Bradbury, author of “The Veldt,” supports the theme that too much technology can have dangerous consequences.
Technology can make people more violent, extremely lazy, and less sensitive. According to “The Veldt,” the children, Peter and Wendy, had imagined savage lions, brutal killings, and the harshness of Africa (Bradberry 5). As the children kept imagining killings and murders, they grew a little bit more desensitized every time they witnessed each violence. This shows that the nursery (a high technological room) spoiled the innocence of these two children. As the innocence of these two children vaporizes, they become more violent and less sensitive. Additionally, “The Veldt” also states that the children have their own shoe tying machine, body washer, food maker, and many other devices that can do all the things a child has to do for him or herself (Bradberry 8). This shows that Peter and Wendy do not have to do anything for themselves. As a result, the children very likely will grow up without some basic life skills leading to a really hard and stressful life. Furthermore, when Peter and Wendy were told that the whole house was going to be shut off, they went into a crazy meltdown. They