Figurative Language
"this room is their mother and father"
metaphor
What attacked the parents in the veldt land?
The lions.
What do the lions symbolize?
Power
In which room are the parents at the beginning of the story?
in the kitchen
What does George find in the nursery that used to belong to him?
The wallet
"it was as empty as a jungle glade at hot high noon"
simile
What's the name of the mother?
Lydia
What do vultures symbolize?
Death
in what room does the veldt land appear?
The Nursery.
What happens to the parents after the kids lock them in the nursery with the lions at the end?
The lions eat them.
"This house which clothed and fed and rocked them to sleep and played and sang and was good to."
Personification
What's the name of the father?
George
What symbolizes the cry for help of the children?
- the violence of the animals in the veldt
- the choice of the veldt
- locking the parents in the veldt
What landscape does Wendy switch it back to?
A forest
What happens after the parents lock the nursery?
The kids break into the nursery
"And, the yellow of them was in your eyes like the yellow of an exquisite french tapestry."
Simile
What's the name of the 2 kids
Peter and Wendy
What does the wallet symbolize?
- money = paying the house to take care of the children
Where are the kids at the end of the short story?
Out in the front.
What happens when the parents confront the kids about the veldtland?
The kids deny it, then Wendy goes and changes it.
1. " the house is wife and mother now, and nursemaid"
2. "the wall began to purr (...) and presently an African veldt appeared"
1. metaphor
2. personification
List 4 animals present in the short story
lions vultures antelopes zebras giraffe
what is the author using to warn the readers about the dangers of technology?
the Happylife Home
Where can you find the landscape of the veldt? (in the world)
Africa
What animals are mentioned in the last lines of the story?
What do they symbolize?
- vultures
- death