The Veldt Group at eNotes

1) The children seem disintrested with their parent's authority. Lying,...

Wed, 1 Oct 2008 08:42:12 PST

1) The children seem disintrested with their parent's authority. Lying, coming home whenever they want, telling their parents what to do "I don't think you should consider it any more, father." etc. In this story the children have a sense of authority that should belong to the parents normally.2) The nature of the children would come a lot from their attitudes towards their parents as well as their wanting to only "look, listen,...

the veldt (the generation gap)

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:03:44 PST

the veldt (the generation gap)

The children had obviously taken the scarf and the wallet, probably from...

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:16:17 PST

The children had obviously taken the scarf and the wallet, probably from their parents' bedroom, and put them in the nursery so the lions could get the parents' scent. All during the story, the children are trying and eventually succeed in gaining control of the nursery because they had become so dependent upon the house that they were terrified the parents would turn off the house. That would mean the children would have to do things for...

What explanations can you give for the father's wallet and the mother's...

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:40:22 PST

What explanations can you give for the father's wallet and the mother's scarf being in the nursery in "The Veldt"?

The nursery becomes more frightening when the parents realize that the...

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:31:06 PST

The nursery becomes more frightening when the parents realize that the children wish them dead...or at least unable to control the children any longer. Lydia mentions more than once that the roars of the lions seem all too close for comfort. This is a fabulous motif (a feature or theme which recurs in a work of art, music, or drama) which reinforces Lydia's fear of the lions and foreshadows the final scene when the lions are licking their...

The nursery works by telepathy. It reads a person's thoughts and then...

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:23:24 PST

The nursery works by telepathy. It reads a person's thoughts and then projects them onto the walls. When the story first opens, Lydia feels uncomfortable upon seeing the scene of a lion that is feeding on a recent kill. As a mother, she recognizes that the thoughts of her children are becoming more violent. George, however, just thinks the children have been reading about Africa too much. As the story progresses, more ominous sounds keep...

In "The Veldt", how does the nursery work and become more...

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:59:23 PST

In "The Veldt", how does the nursery work and become more frightening?

The story does not suggest that we should prevent technology, but that...

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:08:13 PST

The story does not suggest that we should prevent technology, but that we should not let it control us; we should not rely on technology to replace our human relationships such as between parents and their children. In this story, the children's humanity is destroyed as their parents are destroyed by the technology in the room, they are cold and have no remorse or regret; they are as cold as the technology that controls the room.

Purpose of "The Veldt"?

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:28:13 PST

What is the purpose (point) of the story?

I'm wondering about whether it is to prevent the technology or just about the relationship between children and their parents.

Virtual nurseries are great. It allows parents tocheck on their...

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:29:34 PST

Virtual nurseries are great. It allows parents tocheck on their children when they need to without having to be there. Daycares use these, which allows parents to get on the web and see their children from work. It provides parents a sense of security when they are away from their children, in my opinion.

This is a great question! While I don't think technology is up to the...

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:42:53 PST

This is a great question! While I don't think technology is up to the nurseries described in the story--I think of the Sci Fi shows like Star Trek where they can go to the whatever deck and tell the computer to create whatever place they want to go and it does it--parents absolutely do use television, computerized gaming systems, and other media to keep their kids occupied for them as they complete work, cook dinner, or other activities way...

This story is even more relevant today than it was when it was written....

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:07:35 PST

This story is even more relevant today than it was when it was written. "Virtual nurseries" refers to allowing technology to rear our children in place of allowing human parents to do so. "Virtual reality" is alive and well today, developing from the technological advances with computers. As yet, we don't have virtual nurseries such as the one described in this story, but there's no doubt that our technology could...

Do today's parents make use of virtual nurseries? Explain.

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:50:36 PST

This is a question for our response that we have to write after reading the story. What does "virtual nurseries" refer to?

They live in a "Happy-life Home." This is a brand name, but...

Fri, 9 May 2008 11:38:20 PST

They live in a "Happy-life Home." This is a brand name, but also a description—and a deep irony. The home is intended to be happy, and to make them happy, but it doesn't. It is intended as a place to live, and becomes a place of death. In some ways, the name is literal: the home becomes happily alive.

What is the name of the Hadley home in "The Veldt"?

Wed, 7 May 2008 17:52:49 PST

What is the name of the Hadley home in "The Veldt"?

The Climax of the story is the highest point of action in a story, the...

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:53:34 PST

The Climax of the story is the highest point of action in a story, the point where all the rising action comes to a head.. in my opinon the climax of this story is when the parents are locked in the nursrey and finally recognize and understand why the screams seemed so familiar. After this moment the falling action and the story come together leading to the resolution that the children have killed their parents and feel no remorse. The house...

Basically, the children in this story have a room like on Star...

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:28:05 PST

Basically, the children in this story have a room like on Star Trek--they can tell it to be whatever they want and it is very real. In the story, they have chosen to have an African Veldt for weeks and the mother is worried about their obsession. She tells them to choose something else and they rebel. They lure the parents into the room, where the story ends with lion's roars and only the clothing of the parents in the middle of the...

what is the plot of the veldt

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:39:32 PST

what is the plot of the veldt

This short story is packed with themes. So I will attempt to summarise...

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:16:29 PST

This short story is packed with themes. So I will attempt to summarise the most important ones. The most obvious one and I would say the most central one is man versus machine. In the story the house takes over the role that the parents should be assuming. This situation allows the other themes below to develop. Another central theme is the idea of illusion versus reality. The children are lost in the made up room - they are lost...

What is the theme of The Veldt?

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:53:59 PST

What is the theme of The Veldt?