The Veldt by Ray Bradbury

“The Veldt” is a story about an automatic house that allows two children to become incredibly spoiled and self-centered.

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There are several cases of foreshadowing in the story: the screams that George and Lydia hear, the lions eating the remains of a carcass, and the nursery being “stuck” on the African veldt are some of them.

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The automatic house cleans, cooks, and soothes the occupants.

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George threatens Peter because Peter demands that the nursery be a “children’s only” room and his father refuses.

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Lydia and her daughter, Wendy, are incredibly close and it is only because of Peter’s influence that Wendy ever acts out against her mother.

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Ray Bradbury is the author and chose the names Wendy and Peter as an allusion to Peter Pan, inferring that the children are like the Lost Boys without parents to take care of them.

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David McClean comes to evaluate the situation by observing the programming in the nursey before he ever talks to the children.

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George and Lydia recognized the screams at the end of the story and understand the depth of their children’s expectations.

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David McClean accuses George and Lydia of changing from Santa Claus to the Scrooge, implying that they really loved to celebrate Christmas and did not buy enough gifts for their children.

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The reader is left wondering the fate of David McClean at the end of the short story.

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