Use Of Literary Devices Throughout Ray Bradbury 's The Veldt

Ray Bradbury wrote a short story called, “The Veldt.” in 1950. Although Ray wrote this story over half a century ago, it contains many accurate estimates of the heights technology would reach in the 21st century. In the story, the Hadley family is spoiled and over-pampered with technology. The parents want to turn their lives around. Unfortunately, the children are too engrossed with technology, their equivalent of a family. Many of Ray’s predictions can accurately be compared with the technology and gadgets we have today.

“The Veldt”, written by Ray Bradbury, is about a family that lives in a home that does everything for them. If they forget to tie their shoe, the house ties the shoe for them. If they need a room to be swept, the house sweeps the room. “The Veldt,” was composed in the 1950’s, around the time where technology invaded personal lives and relationships. Technology captures people’s attention, which makes them unconscious about their surroundings. This can be considered an invasion because it is separating oneself from their community and the people around them. Ray Bradbury gives many examples of technology going awry, and controlling the minds of others. He also shows us the outcome of that and how it messes up the wondrous brain. The message

In today's culture people use technology to their advantage all the time. They use it to hack, to learn the latest gossip, or to see breaking news around the world. But, sometimes they get obsessed and instead of a handy tool, it becomes a necessity and a lifestyle. In the story, The Veldt, Ray Bradbury uses imagery, symbolism, and internal conflict to express that misuse of technology can lead to unforeseen disadvantages.

Ray Bradbury has greatly contributed to the world of literature and also changed the mindsets of thousands of readers. Ray Bradbury is so unique and outstanding as an author because of his use of many allusions while other authors use few to no allusions in their writing. There are deeper meanings throughout his book than just a warning for our future. An example of these allusions is one of many from The Bible about the lilies of the field from Matthew 6:28. Bradbury chose this allusion to tie in the meaning of the verse and implicate it in the scene where the allusion takes place, to show the importance and relevance of The Bible in one’s life, and to show how one can relate to Montag and apply the meaning of lilies of the field as a reminder

“When I punished him for a month ago by locking the nursery for even a few hours—the tantrum he threw!” (Bradbury). This line of the story explains the wanting of the family’s children back against technology. It also shows that the technology is winning because of the desire to keep playing in the nursery. “The Veldt” is a short story written by Ray Bradbury who was born on August 22, 1920 and passed away on June 5, 2012. He was very interested in the science fiction genre and Edgar Allan Poe (Kattelman). Kattelman states that Bradbury, “as a young child was influenced by Poe” (Kattelman).

Throughout the years, people think they have gained happiness from their materialistic things. In this story, Ray Bradbury creates a family that is particularly wealthy through material possessions and how they become dispersed through the possessions they own. However, in Ray Bradbury’s short story “The Veldt” he emphasizes that utilizing materialistic things can actually result in terrible harm. Through the use of symbolism, irony, and foreshadowing, Ray Bradbury establishes the idea that overindulging in materialistic possessions can result in grave consequences.

Children are innocent yet intelligent; discipline is used to help children learn right from wrong. In “The Veldt” writer Ray Bradbury presents a clear message: children should be disciplined by their parents. Bradbury shows this through the children in the story, Wendy and Peter, and how they have no idea between right and wrong; when Wendy and Peter kill their parents, George and Lydia, in the veldt. For this reason Bradbury wants parents to discipline their kids. Ray Bradbury presents the dangerous repercussions of poor discipline through symbolism, imagery, and foreshadowing.

In The Veldt, by Ray Bradbury, vivid description informs us that if you try to get out of something the easy way, something bad is bound to happen. The children murdered their parents because they had no emotion towards them. This is shown when the children lie to their parents and insist that there was no Africa in the veldt. Although vivid description shows up, symbolism also shows up. Ray Bradbury has almost every item in the story represent something that it may not physically be. While symbolism shows up, vivid description shows its face more throughout the story. Ray Bradbury uses his words just right, that it makes you feel like you are actually there. In The Veldt, by Ray Bradbury, vivid description shows that getting out the easy way

In the present day of technology virtual reality is becoming a new trend. The ability to explore places without going there for real. Ray Bradbury famous author of predictive science fiction wrote a short story on the use of technology in such a way. The Veldt by Ray Bradbury tells the story of a family of four, two kids and their parents. The story focuses on a piece of technology known as the nursey which create virtual scenery for the kids, but the parents begin to suspect something wrong is going on with it. Ray Bradbury does a fantastic job of conveying the sense of detachment of the family due to the presence of the nursey and the house’s technology. The Veldt does good job of satirizing technology and its consequence on family interaction or human interaction in general.

In “The Veldt,” Bradbury is stating that society’s biggest problem is our addiction to technology. The 21st century provides several viable examples of technology reliance; the constant use of cellular phones is a shared trait of millennials. While in public, it is almost inevitable to not catch sight of someone on their phone. In “The Veldt” the children and the parents are addicted to technology; however, it is not cellular phones that they are dependent, but on a house. A quote that undoubtedly shows that they are addicted to their abode is when the father states, "Matter of fact, we're thinking of turning the whole house off for about a month. Live sort of a carefree one-for-all existence.” The child horrified by his father’s statement

The veldt by Ray Bradbury, uses symbolism and imagery to turn it into something more than just words on paper, an experience. Symbolism is used in almost all the elements for this story. The whole nursery has symbolic meanings of what the children lacked, a proper parental figure. Imagery is another main craft utilized to give depth to the events. The veldt is well described so readers can easily visualize the setting.

“The Veldt” is a short story written by Ray Bradbury concerned somehow the family has trouble getting along with each other and the breakdown of family relationships due to technology. In the story, the Hadley family (George, Lydia and their two children) live in a house that are filled with machines and a major facet of the house is the nursery where is able to connect with the children’s imaginations to reproduce. Laziness and Technology can break up families are the main theme that Ray Bradbury develops.

Ray Bradbury had always been passionate about writing science fiction. He was born in 1920 and lived through the Great Depression. When his family moved to Los Angeles, California he began to write short stories which were published in science fiction magazines. His writing inspirations were Edgar Allan Poe and H.G. Wells. “...Bradbury was one of the first writers to combine the concepts of science fiction with a sophisticated prose style” as many of his awards such as his two O. Henry prizes for short stories and World Fantasy Award for lifetime achievement prove (Bradbury “There,” Short 229). Almost every writing piece he has ever written takes place in a future where things have gone horribly wrong thanks to technology (Laurent). In Ray Bradbury’s short story, “There Will Come Soft Rains” he explains his concern for the future and the destruction humans will cause involving nuclear wars. In his short story, “The Veldt” Bradbury expresses his worries for the future of technology and its effects.

The Veldt Ray Bradbury “But that’s why we bought this house, so we wouldn’t have to do anything” (pg. 4, Bradbury). In the short story “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury, George is the main character or protagonist in which he plays a loving and cautious father character. The story revolves around a house that does everything for you and a family that is being affected by it, especially the kids, in a negative way. George desperately tries to bring his family back to the normal condition but because of his kids’ addiction to technology he has to take desperate measures by trying to separate the house and the family.

Ray Bradbury’s, “The Veldt” warns that dependence on technology can get in the way of relationships. In today’s society, it is becoming more and more frequent that humans find relationships through apps such as Tender or any of the other dating websites. This can lead to issues in the real world when humans try to have real face to face interaction. In the story, the parents see that the nursery has an African scene, they become concerned about their children’s wellbeing. Up to this point, Mr. and Mrs. Hadley had been spoiling their kids and giving them whatever they wanted. The house they live in is almost fully automated. Mr. and Mrs. Hadley made it this way so that the kids would be happy. When Mr. Hadley suggests that the house should be turned off for a while, his son Peter becomes distraught. "That sounds dreadful! Would I have to tie my own shoes instead of letting the shoe tier do it? And brush my own teeth and comb my hair and give myself a bath?" (Bradbury 5). The house has taken the roles of the parents. The kids never learned how to tie their own shoes or brush their own teeth, or any of the other basic things children learn today. Technology is great, but when it replaces humans to this extent, it can become dangerous. In our society today, humans have to work for money. When machines replace these hard-working humans, millions of jobs are lost. In a society where humans are in this state and begin to be replaced by machines, the economic impact is the least of