Figurative Language
"this room is their mother and father"
metaphor
How much did the Happylife Home cost?
30000 dollars
What animals symbolize power in the Veldt ?
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 ingredient was forgotten on the kitchen table when they were having dinner?
Ketchup
What animals symbolize death in the Veldt ?
Vultures
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
When the children come back home what food had they eaten while they were out ?
Strawberry ice cream and hot dogs
Why does the wallet foreshadow death ?
What landscape does Wendy switch it back to?
A forest
What happened after the parents locked the nursery?
The kids broke into the nursery at night
"And, the yellow of them was in your eyes like the yellow of an exquisite french tapestry."
Simile
What question is Lydia asking herself in the middle of the night?
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 and what are they doing?
They are having a picnic in the nursery
What question does Wendy ask at the end of the story?
« A cup of tea? »
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
Name the 2 of the 3 countries George suggests the children choose for the nursery
what does the Happylife Home represent
the dangers of too much technology
Where had the children gone when the parents realized the nursery was turned into the scene of a Veldt
They are at a carnival
What animals are mentioned in the last lines of the story?
What do they symbolize?
- vultures
- death