...The parents are to blame for their own death because they allowed their children to roam freely and use technology without any parental guidance or limits whatsoever. In the Veldt, there are two children, Wendy and Peter, along with their parents, George and Lydia. This family lives in a Happylife home, a home which does everything for them. The parents have bought the kids a nursery which is supposed to be 3 dimensional which the kids can use to explore any area in the world without limits. In the text, it says," They stood on the thatched floor of the nursery. It was forty feet across by forty feet long and thirty feet high; it had cost half again as much as the rest of the house. "But nothing's too good for our children," George had...
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...The two kids in the Veldt Wendy and Peter are responsible for the death of their parents because they are the ones who were controlling the nursery to do what they wanted to happen to the point where they were addicted “Oh, I hate you!" "Insults won't get you anywhere." "I wish you were dead!". The parents did the responsible thing they were supposed to do and shut the nursery down for good and try to go on outside or a vacation. But then the kids Peter and Wendy hacked into the machine and change the permissions to kids only so then the parents can no longer access the nursery so now that they had it to themselves. They killed their parents because they found out about the nursery and they couldn't get the door to open because the permissions...
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...Parents typically want what is best their children, but can a parent give too much for their child? According to the "Affluenza Teen" documentary and "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury, it would seem the answer is clearly yes. In both, the theme of parents spoiling their children to bad ends is present. in "The Veldt" the parents spoil their children by giving them the easiest lives they could via machinery and technology to do their chores and menial tasks for them like "shoe shiners, the shoe lacers, [...] body scrubbers and swabbers and massagers". By doing this, it is shown that the machines have replaced them as caregivers, disconnecting the children from their birth parents and the morals they were supposed to teach them. The parents, in this...
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...The Veldt It’s not a secret that technology is becoming more advanced. “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury suggests a possible future. There are two main characters, George and Lydia. They have made a nursery for their children that will create a simulation for wherever they imagine. However, the nursery has been acting strange lately. Because of this, George and Lydia decide to move away from the house. Their children and the nursery revolt against George and Lydia, which shocks them. A craft move that Ray Bradbury uses multiple times in the story are similes. This craft move creates the setting and stirs empathy in the reader. In addition, the author uses foreshadowing to suggest what might happen at the end of the story. He also uses one exception,...
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...Lions. Nourishing. Kids. Imagination. Your adrenaline is running. You can see the African Safari slowly coming around in the room. The sun beating down on your neck. In the distance the lions are standing in the watering hole. There walking toward you, slowly, quietly. You think their not gonna see you. By the end the room is dark. Ray Bradbury’s short story “The Veldt,” takes place in a smart home — a home where it does everything for you, from feeding them and rocking them to sleep. Wendy and Peter have always loved the nursery their parents built for them. They remember everything that has happened in the past and the things that have happened now. Without the nursery the kids would have nothing. George and Lydia Hadley call this the veldt. The veldt is a room that you go into and it takes your thoughts and turns them into a reality on a wall. Doing every every thought from the smell to the sound. This is supposed to be a place for them to express themselves and also a way for psychologists to keep track of all thought patterns that are...
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...In “the Veldt” by Ray Bradbury, the parents, George and Lydia, are to blame for their own deaths because they let the smart home take over their parental figure in Wendy and Peter’s life. In “the Veldt” George and Lydia’s purchase a Smart Home that does everything for them. This Smart Home cooks for them, bathes them and does any daily tasks a civilian would have to do. Another addition of this house is a Virtual Reality room called the Nursery that can show you anything you wish to see. The Nursery becomes Peter and Wendy’s entire childhood, and George and Lydia become concerned with the things they are looking at. The claim that George and Lydia are responsible, is revealed through the text when David McLean is looking at the Nursery to...
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...In The Veldt, the author, Ray Bradbury uses multiple Author’s crafts. The key ones used are Imagery and symbolism. Ray Bradbury uses symbolism with the nursery. The nursery is like the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hadley. Both parents and the nursery are easy to manipulate into doing what the kids wish them to do. The author also uses the craft of allusion, but only uses it twice. While describing the house the Hadleys live in he describes it as a “ Happy Life Home”. A few paragraphs later when Mr. and Mrs. Hadley walk into the nursery Ray Bradbury uses the craft of imagery. He describes the feeling of the lions fur and the smell of the Veldt. He describes the papery sound of the vulture's wings up in the air and the sight seen by both Mr. and Mrs. Hadley. Ray Bradbury uses many different crafts, but these are just a few. The main craft that is used in The Veldt is symbolism. The nursery represents the parents. The kids could make the nursery do anything they wanted it to do or turn into anything they wished. Just as the parents would do whatever the kids wanted them to do. Both were easily manipulated by the kids. The children had manipulated the parents into keeping the nursery turned on for their enjoyment. This resulted in the death of Mr. and Mrs. Hadley as well as the Nursery. Others say...
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...Peter: A Perturbed Scorpio “Inside a Scorpio is a volcano threatening to explode”, said Emma Braun. This is shown in the story, The Veldt by Ray Bradbury where it portrays a mom and dad and their two vain kids Peter and Wendy. This quote though is clearly for Peter’s personality. Due to Peter’s powerful, obsessive and secretive personality, he is a Scorpio. Peter’s powerful nature makes him a Scorpio. In the story, Peter’s attitude shows that he is built like a ringleader of the family. For example, when he tells Wendy what to do and when to do it; and he calls his dad by his first name (Bradbury 4). These examples clearly shows that Peter has “taken” over the family. For example, when he tells Wendy to do stuff for him, she listens and sticks on his side like glue. Peter calling his...
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...The Veldt In the veldt by “Ray Bradbury,” the parents are to blame because they let the kids get too addicted to the technology. This story is about a family who let their kids get too addicted to their technology house that the kids get so addicted to a room called the nursery which is like a virtual room. Early in the story the kids did not come to dine becase they were too addicted to the nursery. The kids called in from the nursery which is like virtual reality “but with out the headset” they said we may be a little late, but after a little while they called back and said they won't be at the diner. “At dinner they ate alone” This proves that the kids are too addicted to the nursery that they would not even spend time with their parents. Later in the story the parents are to blame for their own deaths. The parents thought that the nursery was too much for the kids and they turned it off and the kids asked to just turn it on for a couple minutes they did, then the kids cried from the nursery and tricked...
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...Throughout both short stories it is evident that the character’s lack freedom. Bradbury uses symbolises to identify this further. In ‘The Veldt’, every time the parents enter the nursery, lions in the African veldt appear. Lions symbolise pride and power. This may be the house’s way of showing it has more power than they do and can control them. Causing them to have a lack of freedom. When the parents enter the nursery the lions which are supposedly fake, chase them to scare them off which can be the houses way of showing them that it does not need them to survive. This becomes true as the children grow to love the house so much that they no longer feel there is use for their parents, leaving the house with all the power, allowing it to stay...
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...Humanity or Automation? Despite what most may think, automation is not always beneficial to people. It makes them lazy, the machines do everything for you. But that is not the only drawback that futuristic houses present, they also absorb you into unreality which will replace your family. Automated houses are a slippery slope to becoming a vegetable. To many, one of the largest drawbacks of Ray Bradbury’s futuristic houses is the facts that you could actually be killed by the creatures within a ‘Nursery’. In “The Veldt” the main character and his wife were killed and eaten by lions that their children had conjured into the playroom. The lions on the plain regularly killed other animals inside the walls, but eventually they were not contained...
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...The short story “The Veld” by Ray Bradbury was published in 1951. The dystopian focuses on a family and their two children, who become too attached to their magical nursery wherein everything they think becomes near-real life. The story touches upon themes such as virtual realities, the dependence on technology and dysfunctioning families. One of the themes explored in the short story is the notion of virtual realities. The children, Wendy and Peter, spend most of their time in the nursery, where their thoughts become to life. The psychologist, David McClean, tells the father what the room was intended for and what it has turned into. “One of the original uses of these nurseries was so that we could study the patterns left on the wall by the child’s mind, study at our leisure and help the child. In this care, however, the room has become a channel toward – destructive thoughts, instead of a release away from them.” (p. 25). The children’s names are references to the main characters of the fairy tale Peter Pan, where Peter and Wendy live in a fantastical world called Neverland that is a creation of their minds. In the same way in the “The Veld” the interactive nursery becomes their Neverland as the children use the room to escape to the African veld they have envisioned for so long. The significance of the room being called a nursery is also vital. Traditionally, a nursery is where small children and infants are taken care of by their parents and in the short story, the love...
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...Ray Bradbury’s The Veldt: An Analysis of Theme With a whopping growth of 676.3% of Internet users from 2000 to 2014, the significant advancement in technology nowadays enables us to perform daily tasks easier than ever before (World Internet Users). However, too much of a good thing can be bad. With modern technology, people can shop, study, play, or pay bills online on the bed without needing to go out of the house to get it done. As a result, humans are no more aware of their surrounding and have less physical interaction with other people. Similar to today’s scenario, in the story The Veldt by Ray Bradbury, one of the main themes is technology is causing us become more inhuman despite making our life easier. This is emphasized by the author’s use of characters, conflict and style throughout the story. First of all, the characters in the story emphasize the theme because they show negative behavior. As evidence, Peter clearly shows his laziness in the story when he persuaded his father to not shut down the house because all the machines in the house helped him a lot in doing his daily routine. For example, Peter questioned, “Would I have to tie my own shoes instead of letting the shoe tier do it” (Bradbury) to his father when George wanted to turn off the all the automatic appliances in their smart home. This event shows that he has been too pampered and comfortable living along the technologies until he highly depend on it and will not move a muscle for himself. Another...
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...Chapter 1 Marketing: Managing Profitable Customer Relationships GENERAL CONTENT: Multiple-Choice Questions 1. Central to any definition of marketing is _____. a. demand management b. transactions c. customer relationships d. making a sale e. making a profit (Answer: c; p. 5; Easy) 2. All of the following are accurate descriptions of modern marketing today, except which one? a. Marketing is creation of value for customers. b. Marketing is customer satisfaction at a profit. c. Selling and advertising are synonymous with marketing. d. Marketing involves building and managing profitable customer relationships. e. None of the above statements is true. (Answer: c; p. 5; Easy) 3. Like NASCAR, successful companies recognize a crucial dimension of an outstanding marketing company to be _____. a. a strong customer focus b. a relentless pursuit of customer needs c. customer relationships built by everyone in the organization d. all of the above e. none of the above (Answer: d; p. 5; Moderate) 4. _____ is defined as a social and managerial process by which individuals and organizations obtain what they need and want through value creation. a. Selling b. Advertising c. Barter d. Marketing e. None of the above is correct. (Answer: d; p. 5; Challenging) 1 5. Society and culture shape the basic form of human needs called _____. a. needs b. wants c. demands d. value e. an exchange (Answer: b; p. 6; Moderate) 6. When backed by buying power...
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...Chapter 1 Marketing: Managing Profitable Customer Relationships GENERAL CONTENT: Multiple-Choice Questions 1. Central to any definition of marketing is _____. a. demand management b. transactions c. customer relationships d. making a sale e. making a profit (Answer: c; p. 5; Easy) 2. All of the following are accurate descriptions of modern marketing today, except which one? a. Marketing is creation of value for customers. b. Marketing is customer satisfaction at a profit. c. Selling and advertising are synonymous with marketing. d. Marketing involves building and managing profitable customer relationships. e. None of the above statements is true. (Answer: c; p. 5; Easy) 3. Like NASCAR, successful companies recognize a crucial dimension of an outstanding marketing company to be _____. a. a strong customer focus b. a relentless pursuit of customer needs c. customer relationships built by everyone in the organization d. all of the above e. none of the above (Answer: d; p. 5; Moderate) 4. _____ is defined as a social and managerial process by which individuals and organizations obtain what they need and want through value creation. a. Selling b. Advertising c. Barter d. Marketing e. None of the above is correct. (Answer: d; p. 5; Challenging) 5. Society and culture shape the basic form of human needs called _____. a. needs b. wants c. demands d. value ...
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