The Veldt Literary Analysis

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In the story, “The Veldt” By Ray Bradbury The children, Wendy and Peter, are to blame for their parent’s deaths because they stopped caring about their parents.The veldt takes place in a future home and the kids have everything including a virtual reality room called the nursery and the kids have taken control of that room which cause the parents to lose control of their kids. Many kids are overusing technology .According to .Newsweek.com “About 65 percent of girls and nearly 75 percent of boys claiming they now use computers for two hours , more on weekdays.” In the story, the kids are overusing their new technology , way too much. For example, the kids stayed in the nursery for a long period of time, and probably only came out to get

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