Essays on The Veldt

The parents themselves are entirely responsible to the leading of their deaths indirectly. In “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury, the children are set off in the nursery, and after they become possessive of their new house, it sets them in an attempt to kill their…

Inevitable Insanity Philip K. Dick, an American novelist, once claimed, “It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.” Humans, under certain pressures of reality, inevitably succumb to the natural instinct of their minds. The characters of The Long Rain, The Kaleidoscope, No…

Technological Terror “Today’s teens spend more than 7.5 hours a day consuming media — watching TV, listening to music, surfing the Web, social networking, and playing video games, according to a 2010 study of 8- to 18-year-olds conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation.” (Dailymail) Today…

The two short stories, ‘I Sing the Body Electric’ and ‘The Veldt’ can be thought of as similar since they both apply to the same general topic: Technology- good? Or bad? However, since they both show opposing sides of the subject, they are actually very…