Reading some stories can be confusing and hard at times since people can’t always put themselves in a character's perspective. It is even more difficult to comprehend without an aid of some sort but the short story The Veldt is different. The automated home the Hadley family live in does all of their everyday chores for them. In The Veldt, Ray Bradbury utilizes descriptive language and symbolism to express the experiences of living in the Happylife home. The language used creates vivid, lifelike images in the reader's mind that immerses them into an unrealistic world. Some other readers who analyze this story feel imagery is applied to the story and plays along with descriptive language. Symbolism is a heavy topic in this tale. Important parts stick out through symbols, which help the reader to relate to what is happening. Significant, impactful descriptive language and symbolism are placed in The Veldt.
Descriptive language modifies how The Veldt can be perceived. When the short tale mentions how the main room, the nursery, shifts, “... presently an African veldt appeared, in three dimensions… the ceiling above them became a deeper sky with a hot yellow sun.” The veldtland description is so deep, that it plants whoever …show more content…
The parents first impressions of finding Africa in the nursery was, “The hot straw smell of lion grass, the cool green smell of the hidden water hole, the great rusty smell of animals. Smell is the primary sense that Bradbury uses to produce the veldtland so it is understandable to others. Then, the way in which the lions are acknowledged in, “the yellow of the lions and summer grass, and the sound of the matted lion lungs, exhaling on the silent noontide, and the smell of meat from the panting, dripping mouths.” This explanation makes the lions seem very intimidating and realistic. Imagery is added with descriptive language and symbolism to make The Veldt