Analysis Of The Veldt By Ray Bradbury

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Isabella Pedrosa
Mrs.Caprara
English 1H- Period 3
18 March 2014
Loving your Children to Death
From the moment a child is born, parents and their offspring have an undeniable, unbreakable bond. Even throughout their adolecent years when children are exploring and finding their own ways, nothing is more important than have parental roles in their lifes to guide them on their adventures''''. Author Ray Bradbury, mimics these ideas, and these morals throught the short story "The Veldt". Bradbury was born on August 22, 1902 and died recently on June 5, 2012. Even from a young age he showed a great interest in the arts- specifically literature. as he matured as a writer, many of his unique plot lines and themes were influenced by Edgar Allen Poe. Especially throughout the short story “The Veldt”, author Ray Bradbur, communicates the theme of a false perception of reality through symbolism, foreshadowing, and diction.
To begin, symobolism is a crutial element in the structure of the story. Ray Bradbury mailnly portrays this with the idea of the nursery aas well as the idea of the animal that take part in the story. First, the nursery is a sybmol for fear- or the unknown. But in a few different ways. To the kids the nursery feels uncomfortable because it is new and intimidating. This is even emphazised with the African setting. One author explains, "It was a happy place in which children can play and interact with their caregivers. In this story, however, Bradbury has injected a twist. He has kept the idea of the nursery being a place for play and interaction..." (Kattelman). On the contrary, mother Lydia is unsettled due to the fact that it is taking over her motherly responsibilites and she feels she has no part in her childrens' life...

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...ry, Bradbury uses a pun or a douldble meaning phrase. George and Lydia are discuss screams that they are both hearing. Lydia mentions, "Those screams--they sound familiar,". Then Geroge replies, "Do they?". After, Lydia responds, "Yes, awfully". Not only can the reader conquer that these scream were very familiar to George and Lydia, but it is also insinuated that scream were awful, or repulsive.
In conclusion, all throughout the short story, “The Veldt”, the author, Ray Bradbury, communicates the theme of a false perception of reality through symbolism, foreshadowing, and diction. The story mimics current parent child role in today's society parents struggle to fullfill their duties as an authority figure and the children lack respect. In this situition, both parent and their children are seeing a false perception of reality as they fail to recognize their faults.

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