Literary Elements In The Veldt

The short story, The Veldt is a perfect example of the use of literary elements to manipulate the plot.In the story the author, Rad Bradburry, uses literary elements like Foreshadowing,Climax, Flashbacks, and Plot Twists to manipulate the story. This is mainly shown through text,speech, and action and will be explained through the three elements that I chose. Foreshadowing is the warning or telling of an event and this is seen quite frequently throughout the whole story. Examples of Foreshadowing in the story would be at the beginning where is mentioned that the house essentially takes care of them which as you see these characters for the parents they later in the story realize the house is basically doing their job for them and

Some of these hints can also be considered a mix of both foreshadowing and flashbacks. Plot twist is a unexpected change or news that might change the course of a story or film, there seems to be 2 possible plot twists in the story.The first plot twist occurs when George announces to the kids that the nursery might be shut down for good and based on their reactions both present and future, it did not end well in their favor seeing as they were killed. The other plot twist occurs towards the end of the story when it seems like the sun is hotter than usual seeing as he has only spent a few moments inside yet he is already perspiring. These both can lead to the thought that the veldt has become reality. Climax is the high point of a film,show,book, etc. and it can only be seen once in any of those or in the story’s case, when the nursery door is slammed shut, trapping George and Lydia inside. This would be the climax seeing as the question of whether or not the nursery has somehow evolved to the point where everything inside has become realistic to the point where the lion’s can make contact or rather attack and kill those inside it. The evidence proving this would be some of the foreshadowing earlier like George finding an