"The Veldt"
This is the name of the advanced virtual reality room in the Hadley home.
What is the nursery?
Margaret Atwood's "Time Capsule" is written in this literary form.
What is a letter/message to the future?
The narrator’s name in “Cooking Time”
What is Stella?
One of the examples of technology that Grover mentions in his article.
What are smart phones, ear buds, laptops?
This theme in "The Veldt" warns about technology
What is technological dependence leads to family breakdown?
On which continent are the children always playing?
Africa
The narrator of "Time Capsule" expresses concern about this environmental issue.
What is climate change/global warming?
The protagonist’s name in "Cooking Time"
What is Mandy?
Two of the 5 ways Grover says technology impacts children.
What is “undermines self awareness” “weakens self regulation” “diminishes social skills” “undermines empathy” and “stunts motivation”?
The nursery in "The Veldt" symbolizes this modern parenting concern.
What is technology as a babysitter/substitute parent?
This is the gruesome fate that befalls the parents at the end of the story.
What is being eaten by lions?
The narrator uses this technique when describing how money destroyed the planet.
What is personification?
The name of the show the protagonist is on.
What is Master Chef of all time?
One of the things Grover says people are better at when they have a high emotional intelligence.
What are healthy relationships, ability to adapt to new situations, and more skilled at working towards their goals?
This literary device is used when the lions in the nursery lick their chops
What is foreshadowing?
This character is brought in to evaluate the nursery and warns the parents about its dangers.
Who is David McClean?
This point of view is used throughout the poem.
What is second-person point of view?
This is the vegetable that the protagonist describes eating to the narrator.
What are peas?
“Recently, I watched an entire family in a restaurant eat dinner in stoney silence, as each member glared intently at smart phones. In fact, most of the children in the restaurant were eyeballing some kind of screen. One teenager, chatting on her cell phone, shoved her way out of the restaurant, nearly knocked over an elderly couple.” What type of hook is this?
What is an anecdote hook?
The Hadley house, called this, represents technology taking control from humans.
What is "Happylife Home"?
These two characters are the parents in "The Veldt" who become concerned about their children's attachment to technology.
Who are George and Lydia Hadley?
Definition for the word “Cairn”
What is a pile of rocks created by people as a shrine or landmark?
This is the word people in society use to describe the idea of changing the future by changing something in the past.
What is the chronologic?
Definition of the word dissociate.
What is to disconnect or separate?
"The Veldt" was published in this decade, showing Bradbury's prescient concerns about technology.
What is the 1950s?