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I read The Veldt, by Ray Bradbury for my english class and really enjoyed it. It seemed to me that Bradbury does not want technology to get out of hand. I think this story does show that technology can get out of hand, but then again there were other factors contributing to this disaster that occurred.
The parents did not limit the time the children spent in the nursery until it was too late. The parents also could have tried to do more family oriented chores together. Maybe if they had even just cooked a meal together as a family once a week or went on little vacations like they were about to. These little activities might have prevented the loss of connection between them and their children. Even today when technology is not as advanced as it was in The Veldt, there are still some parents that lose connection with their children. This is due to the fact that parents may not know how to stay connected with their children.
I agree with Bradbury that technology can cause disaster. But I also believe other factors are contributed into technological disaster.
 
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See Zoe712, "Technology in the Veldt"
 
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"The Veldt"...it's here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200...d_video_game911_call

And the way to handle this: take away the boy's video games. Come on parents - be parents!


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It seemed to me that Bradbury does not want technology to get out of hand.

Ray has said the following: "I don't try to predict the future. I try to prevent it!"


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Originally posted by fjp451:
"The Veldt"...it's here...


No, the parents have to get eaten by the lions in the game...


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It seemed to me that Bradbury does not want technology to get out of hand. I think this story does show that technology can get out of hand, but then again there were other factors contributing to this disaster that occurred.


When the technology of the nursery gave the children ifinite power over their domain, it appealed to every sense they had. If they were happy with their parents, they would play in a happy place filled with wonderful things. If they just had an arguement with their parents, and they wished for them to go away, the nursery would appeal to those emotions, (spoiler alert) showing their parents being devoured by lions in the Veldt. Over time, this repetive action changed the way the children looked at the world. Death was just another source of entertainment, and their parents did not hold the reigns over the childrens lives.

Bad parenting is not what caused this as once a child's mind is developed a certain way, it can only change through equal amounts of pressure.

Very interesting point of view though, Mr. Katieal!


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