The Veldt (short story)

Exposition (Initial Situation)

I've Got a Bad Feeling About This

"The Veldt" can be read as a story about how George Hadley changes his feelings about technology. At the beginning, George thinks the nursery is the cat's meow (or the lion's roar?), but Lydia is worried about how much time the kids spend in the virtual reality Africa.

Rising Action (Conflict, Complication)

Parents Just Don't Understand

George isn't so worried. But he's getting more worried. Which is why the parents and the children start to clash over the whole "playing in Africa with human-eating lions" thing. Things are not looking good in the Hadley Household.

Climax (Crisis, Turning Point)

Red Pill or Blue Pill?

Remember in The Matrix how Neo had to choose whether to continue living in a machine world or break out into the real world? That's kind of George's situation too.

He started out liking the nursery (and the whole house). Then he became a little more worried about it when his kids talked back to him. So now, at the climax of the story, he has to make a big ol' decision: live it up in the Smart House or shut it all down?

Now, you might want to say that the lion attack is the most exciting part of the story. We totally agree. So why isn't that the climax? Well, we like to think of the climax as the point when someone faces some major decision.

Unfortunately, this decision means it's the house and the kids against George and Lydia, which leads to…

Falling Action

Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! (Lions are Enough)

After George makes his decision, the kids and the nursery defeat George and Lydia. (But at least George made a choice, right?)

Resolution (Denouement)

George and Lydia may be lion chow, but the real kick in the pants is that the kids have also made their choice. As David said they would, they chose the nursery over their real parents.

In "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury, conflict arises between the parents, George and Lydia, and their children, Wendy and Peter, as the family's automated nursery begins to reflect dark and violent images created by the children's thoughts. The parents struggle to control their children's obsession with the virtual reality nursery, leading to a breakdown in communication and trust within the family. The conflict ultimately escalates as the children's desires manifest dangerously within the nursery.

"The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury does not directly reference mythology, as it primarily focuses on the dangers of technology and the impact on family dynamics. The story revolves around a futuristic nursery that brings the African veldt to life, reflecting the children's dark fantasies. While there are no explicit mythological elements, the story explores themes of parental neglect, the blurring of reality and fiction, and the consequences of unchecked technological advancements.

In the short story "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury, a Happylife Home is a technologically advanced house that performs various tasks to ensure the comfort and convenience of its occupants. It is equipped with a nursery that can create highly realistic virtual environments for the children. Over time, the house becomes a source of tension as it blurs the line between fantasy and reality, leading to tragic consequences.

Both "The Veldt" and "Harrison Bergeron" explore themes of technology's potential dangers and control. They also both depict societies where individuality is suppressed and people are restricted in some manner by external forces. Additionally, both stories raise questions about the impact of advancements in a futuristic world.

In "The Veldt," the children's obsession with the nursery, which creates any setting they desire, leads to a breakdown of their family dynamic and ultimately results in their parents' deaths. The replacement of the nursery with a traditional home signifies a rejection of technology and artificial living environments in favor of a more human-centered existence. This change suggests a return to a more natural way of life and a reconnection with family values.

Jesus traveled extensively, he is said to be a caravan leader when young, his father
died in a construction accident and was a builder and great stones were used in that
time and concrete and great timbers. He is said to have visited the Egyptian mystery
schools and they were quite tremendous religion schools, terrifying tests, and even
death or near death tests. Many ideas are forbidden to Bible Rabbis and the Bible
has a purpose to discourage the old supernatural dangers and to live safe and
honorable lives as fathers and mothers as sons and daughter's of the God who wants
to talk to us like a grandfather to his grandson who is going on a long journey.