Can I compete with an African veldt? Can I give a bath and scrub the children as efficiently or quickly as the automatic scrub bath can? I cannot'. The house is wife and mother now, and nursemaid. The parents, George and Lydia, begin to wonder if there is something wrong with their way of life.

The two children, Peter and Wendy, enjoy time in the 'nursery', a virtual reality room able to realistically reproduce any place they imagine, and grow increasingly attached to it. The Hadley family lives in an automated house called 'the Happylife Home', filled with machines that aid them in completing everyday tasks, such as tying their shoes, bathing them, or cooking their food. In the story, a mother and father struggle with their technologically advanced home taking over their role as parents, and their children becoming uncooperative as a result of their lack of discipline. Originally appearing as ' The World the Children Made' in the September 23, 1950, issue of The Saturday Evening Post, it was republished under its current name in the 1951 anthology The Illustrated Man. ' The Veldt' is a science fiction short story by American author Ray Bradbury. Instead, technology overtook the interaction of their offspring with their parents as they interacted more with the machines and objects.'Sci-Fi Radio Drama' (performance of The Veldt), Distillations Podcast, Science History Institute The parents had falsely believed that incorporating excess technology in their kids would make their home a happy one. The story airs the thematic concerns of the effects technology can have on human beings, especially children. The expression of bloody scenes and violence dictates how the daughter and son were mentally unhealthy. Peter’s and Wendy’s relationship with their parents had broken as they were not communicating. The choosing of African veldt affected the children’s relationship and their characterization. He wonders with his wife how technology had transgressed their relationship with Peter and Wendy.

He regretted how he had let the nursery control his home, daughter, and son. George noticed his children might be violent and angry because of the technology. He realizes the nursery has adversely affected his kids and thinks of bringing in a psychiatrist. George’s perception changes in the story’s course as he now spends more time at the nursery realizing the abnormality of the African scenery.

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