Dec 25, 2009

The Veldt | Themes

Abandonment
Abandonment occurs on two levels in Bradbury’s story. First, the children are figuratively abandoned by their parents when they are left in the care of a technological baby sitter. As the character of David McClean tells George, “You’ve let this room and this house replace you and your wife in your children’s affections. This room is their mother and father, far more important in their lives than their real parents.” This accidental abdication of parental responsibility sets the children up to become emotionally attached to the nursery. Then, when...