Facts
A veldt is a ___________.
an open grassland in sub-Saharan Africa
These are the names of the parents in “The Veldt.” (Full names)
George and Lydia Hadley
The statement “The house is wife and mother now, and nursemaid” is an example of this literary device.
Personification?
The children’s obsession with the nursery shows how entertainment can control people’s lives. Which Chinese app, known internationally as TikTok, is often discussed as being addictive for young people?
Douyin (抖音)
Mr. and Mrs. Hadley eat alone because the children are at this special event across town.
a special plastic carnival
The Hadley’s house is ironically named a _________.
Happylife Home
“[The house] felt like a mechanical cemetery” is an example of this literary device.
Simile
The children in The Veldt love spending time in their high-tech room more than with their parents. Today, many teenagers spend hours on what small device, often used for TikTok, WeChat, and games?
Smartphone
Peter reacted in this way on a previous occasion when his parents shut the nursery.
threw a tantrum
I am a psychologist who Mr. and Mrs. Hadley call upon to help with the children and the nursery situation.
David McClean
Bradbury uses this literary technique when he writes “How many times in the last year had he opened this door and found Wonderland, Alice, the Mock Turtle, or Aladdin and his Magical Lamp, or Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, or Dr. Doolittle, or the cow jumping over a very real-appearing moon-all the delightful contraptions of a make-believe world. How often had he seen Pegasus flying in the sky ceiling, or seen fountains of red fireworks, or heard angel voices singing.”
Allusion
In The Veldt, the nursery creates a virtual world. What modern device is most similar, letting people wear a headset and see 3D worlds?
VR
Mrs. Hadley wants this kind of vacation.
a vacation from the house
Peter is a boy of this age.
10
Before the nursery traps George and Lydia, Bradbury hints (suggests ahead) at danger by describing how the children always scream when the nursery is about to be turned off. What literary device is this, where small details suggest or warn of future events?
Foreshadowing
In The Veldt, the lions feel almost real inside the nursery. Which Disney movie also has very realistic lions thanks to CGI (电脑特效)?
Lion King (2019)
In the final moments of the story before being trapped in the nursery to be devoured by lions, George Hadley asks his wife what prompted them to buy ______________.
a nightmare
This character finds George Hadley’s chewed and bloody wallet in the nursery.
George Hadley
Bradbury writes: “The hot straw smell of lion grass, the cool green smell of the hidden water hole, the great rusty smell of animals, the smell of dust like a red paprika in the hot air…” What literary device (technique) is shown here, when he uses many senses to describe smells and colors together?
Imagery
Bradbury’s story warns about technology replacing family. Which popular TV series on Netflix also warns about dangerous futures with technology, with episodes like Playtest and San Junipero?
Black Mirror