In the story, “The Veldt '' by Ray Bradbury, the Hadly family lives in a Happylife Home that fulfills their every need: it clothes them, feeds them, and even rocks them to sleep. The home also has a nursery that can transform into anything from a fairy tail to a veldt land. The author's craft influences the tone of the story by appealing to the reader's senses. In my essay I will be elaborating on the character development, imagery, and personification. And showing how each reinforced the foreboding tone of the story. First,we see how Bradbury’s character development of George Hadly reinforces the foreboding tone by showing George Hadly’s progress throughout the story. For example, at the beginning of the story on page 2, the author describes Georges’s veneration for the room. Bradbury writes that “ George Hadly was filled with admiration for the mechanical genius who had conceived this room.” George also demonstrates his reliance on the room as an additional “parent” in the house when he disagrees with Lyia in her initial determination to shut down the room. He argues, “You know how …show more content…
For instance, in the middle of page two Bradbury describes with comprehensive detail the smells of the veldt. “The great rusty smell of animals,the smell of dust like a red paprika in the hot air.” The way Bradbury elaborates on the smell of the animals and dust is just ominous, because he uses words with negative connotations. Also, on page 11 Bradbury illustrates how paranoia of the Hadly family is thick in the air,""Paranoia is thick around here today,” said David McClean. “You can follow it like a spoor.”” This snippet of the story is from David McClean, a therapist. McClean is comparing the paranoia of the Hadly family to a spoor, probably a mold spoor, which is just plain ominous. These two similes from the story both support the previous statement of the tone of the story being