Discussion 1
HOW DOES THE ROOM WORK?
IT CAPTURES THE CHILDREN FEELINGS AND MINDSET AND DISPLAYS IT.
WHAT DID THE PARENTS HEAR THROUGHOUT THE STORY AND WHAT DID THEY DISCOVER AT THE END OF THE BOOK ABOUT IT?
THEY KEPT HEARING SCREAMS AND AT THE END OF THE BOOK THEY REALIZED THAT THE SCREAMS WERE THEIR OWN.
WHAT IS THE FATHERS NAME?
GEORGE HADLEY
WHAT IS THE MOTHERS NAME?
LYDIA HADLEY
WOULD YOU CONSIDER THIS FUTURISTIC LIFESTYLE BENEFICIAL?
EVERYONE GETS POINTS AS LONG AS YOU BACKED UP YOUR ANSWER.
HOW DID THE FUTURISTIC LIFESTYLE CHANGE THE CHILDREN VIEW OF THEIR PARENTS?
THE CHILDREN DIDN'T NEED THEIR PARENTS ANYMORE. THEY WERE ONLY A NUISANCE.
HOW MUCH WAS THE COST OF THE ROOM COMPARED TO THE WHOLE HOUSE?
IT COSTED HALF OF THE HOUSES WORTH
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THE FAMILY?
4
WHAT DOES THE ENDING SHOW?
THE KIDS WON
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED AT THE END OF THE SHORT STORY?
THE PARENTS GET LOCKED IN THE NURSERY AND GET EATEN BY THE LIONS.
WHATS THE PSYCHOLOGISTS NAME?
DAVID MCCLEAN
HOW MUCH DID THE NURSERY COST?
$ 30,000
WHY IS THE MOTHER UPSET AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHORT STORY?
SHE FEELS THAT SHE HAS NO RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT THE HOUSE DOES ALL OF THE WORK FOR HER.
WHY DID THE SCREAMS SOUND SO FAMILIAR AT THE END OF THE BOOK?
BECAUSE THE KIDS HAD PREVIOUSLY IMAGINED THEIR PARENTS BEING KILLED BY LIONS.
WHAT IS ONE EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE HOUSE COULD DO?
NUMEROUS ANSWERS
WHERE WERE WENDY AND PETER WHEN THE PARENTS EAT DINNER?
AT A SPECIAL PLASTIC CARNIVAL
WHAT DOES THE VELDT MEAN?
A GRASSLAND IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
WHAT ARE THE THEMES OF THE STORY?
MAN VERSUS MACHINE, AND ABANDONMENT, TECHNOLOGY, FAMILY
WHAT WERE THE DIMENSIONS OF THE NURSERY
40 FT LONG BY 40 FT ACROSS BY 30 FT HIGH
WHAT DID THEY SAY THE COLOR OF THE LYONS EYES WERE?
GREEN-YELLOW