An Analysis of the Short Story The Veldt by Ray Bradbury Essay

Short Story Fact Sheet The Veldt The Veldt is the name of the short story and it's author is Ray Bradbury. The Veldt is a room in the Hadley's house where the children spend most of there time. It's a very futuristic home. Lydia never has to do any house workor even cook , everything is taken care of. There house is also sound proof and George is very proud of it. Lydia's idea of taking a vacation is shutting down the house and doing house work and cooking. That would be the opposite of anyone else with a regular house. The house clothed , fed and rocked them to sleep even played and sang songs with them. In the nursery the walls purred, and an African veldt appeared. The ceiling became a deep sky with a hot yellow sun and was a very expensive George Hadley is the father , he thinks that nothing is too good for his children. George felt that every home should have a nursery. He disagree's with Lydia when she persist's on giving the house a vacation because that was the reason for buying the house , so everything is taken care of. George is the type of father that would give anything to the children all they have to do is ask.Lydia thought that the nursery needed a change and it wasn't the same anymore. She felt really strong about shutting the house down for a vacation, but it didn't happen. Lydia is a smoker , and George feels that she has been smoking too much recently. Lydia wants to lock the children out of the room for a little while because she feels there is something wrong. The kid's aren't really listening to their parents and spending too much time in Africa.Wendy is the daughter of George and Lydia. She spends most of her time in the nursery along with her brother. They both love the...

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