The Veldt Short Story
The Moment when Technology could Ruin Your Life
Every year, a new smartphone or tablet is released for the technology fed generation on Earth. Everyone must get their hands on the new device. Children, at the age of 6, carry smartphones big as their craniums. Teenagers, glued to their phones during every important lesson they will take. Adults, drive down speeding highways texting a dear friend. If you don’t acquire the new technology you are represented as an outcast. Many years before modern technology was invented, Bradbury wrote compelling short stories on technology far from the time written. Short stories including, The Veldt and The Pedestrian. Bradbury’s ideas warn the reader, that personal technology will invade and shatter personal relationships.
Bradbury shows technology overpowers the love in relationships. In the Veldt by Bradbury, two working parents have a son and daughter, Peter and Wendy. The parents could not love and nurture their children, so in an effort to make a place for the children to feel loved, they build a nursery. The nursery is not an …show more content…
In many long distance relationships, technology is key for their survival. Without Technology there would be no communication and the relationship will shatter. According to Gcsunade.com, “ Relationships that start off using technology as the basis for getting to know each other tend to last longer and are sometimes for life”. The need for technology is critical to maintain a good long distance relationship. On the other hand, many strong relationships are local. According to Gcsunade.com, “It (technology) is a substitute, but it is an unequal substitute,” Even though technology might aid long distance relationships, technology also crack local relationships. Without strong local relationships, we become more dejected and begin to push away all relationships. Which is why technology does aid to the scattering of
Every year, a new smartphone or tablet is released for the technology fed generation on Earth. Everyone must get their hands on the new device. Children, at the age of 6, carry smartphones big as their craniums. Teenagers, glued to their phones during every important lesson they will take. Adults, drive down speeding highways texting a dear friend. If you don’t acquire the new technology you are represented as an outcast. Many years before modern technology was invented, Bradbury wrote compelling short stories on technology far from the time written. Short stories including, The Veldt and The Pedestrian. Bradbury’s ideas warn the reader, that personal technology will invade and shatter personal relationships.
Bradbury shows technology overpowers the love in relationships. In the Veldt by Bradbury, two working parents have a son and daughter, Peter and Wendy. The parents could not love and nurture their children, so in an effort to make a place for the children to feel loved, they build a nursery. The nursery is not an …show more content…
In many long distance relationships, technology is key for their survival. Without Technology there would be no communication and the relationship will shatter. According to Gcsunade.com, “ Relationships that start off using technology as the basis for getting to know each other tend to last longer and are sometimes for life”. The need for technology is critical to maintain a good long distance relationship. On the other hand, many strong relationships are local. According to Gcsunade.com, “It (technology) is a substitute, but it is an unequal substitute,” Even though technology might aid long distance relationships, technology also crack local relationships. Without strong local relationships, we become more dejected and begin to push away all relationships. Which is why technology does aid to the scattering of