Plot
Where is the virtual world set?
Africa
What are the name of the children?
Peter and Wendy
What is Ray Bradbury trying to warn the reader against?
Dangers of technology
What does the lion symbolize in the story?
The parents death
What era is the Veldt written in?
1950s
How did the parents die in the end?
They get mauled by the lions from the virtual world
What did the children feel towards the parents?
Resentment
What do the children feel towards their parents after they shut down the Veldt?
Apathy, Murderous intentions
The nursery creates a ________ reality or the children.
virtual
What war was starting when the Veldt was written?
Cold War
What does George constantly hear at night coming from the nursery?
Familiar sounding screams
How does Lydia feel towards the nursery?
Concerned and disturbed
The children’s names, Peter and Wendy, are a reference to which literary character
Peter Pan
What animal other than the lion symbolize the parents impending doom?
Vulture
300 - What was one invention that was booming when The Veldt was written?
television
What does the psychologist suggest the parents do?
Shut off the nursery
What does George do after the psychologist visits?
Tells his family to turn off all the technology in the house.
Psychologist David McClean tells George that the veldt had become a channel of ______________
Destructive Thoughts
It is described as hot and oppressive, and represents the intense, consuming rage of the children.
The Sun
What is the trend where Americans were encouraged to have modernized appliances and more automation in their lives?
consumer culture
What does Wendy offer the psychologist at the very end of the story?
A cup of tea
Concerned by the emotional distance growing within the family, this character senses that the nursery has begun replacing the role of a parent in the children’s lives
Lydia
The children want to stay stuck in ____________ by acting hostile towards their parents’ decision to shut down the Veldt.
Artificial Reality
Items in the nursery that are a manifestation of the children’s destructive thoughts.
creams / Bloody Wallet
What fear is showcased when the nursery completes tasks automatically?
loss of independence