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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 …show more content…
He uses the nursery to symbolize the parents and how they are both easily manipulated into doing what the children want them to. Ray Bradbury also uses allusion, but very little, while describing the Hadleys’ “happy life” home and when the nursery has not been turned on yet and is a blank canvas of white. Imagery is used quite often. One part in particular is when Mr. and Mrs. Hadley walk into the nursery and it appears as the African veldt. It is described in a way that kicks all your senses on when imagining it. Ray Bradbury uses the crafts of Imagery and Symbolism quite often and makes the story

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