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 does a lion usually symbolise ?
the King of the Jungle
Bravery
Fearlessness
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 object symbolises the fact that the parents pay a whole deal of money not to take care of their kids ?
Wallet
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 does the Happylife Home represent
the dangers of too much technology
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