LITERATURE QUESTIONS
DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE
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An entertainment room that makes your thoughts real.
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An entertainment room that replaces your father or mother for affection.
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A home that turns off lights before and after you enter the room
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The ability to take rocket trips without any adult supervision.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Based on the story, which of the following technological advantages could you conclude that the author, Bradbury, think could actually be the most harmful? An entertainment room that replaces your father or mother for affection.
Detailed explanation-2: -"The Veldt” presents technology as something that makes life easy-maybe too easy. In fact, technology makes life so easy that it’s not even really living any more, according to George. Most of the technology in “The Veldt” seems to ruin the perfectly fine way of life that existed before.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the story, the Hadley family lives in a Happylife Home which has machines that do pretty much everything for them. The machines make their meals, brush their teeth and tie their shoelaces. There is even a nursery for the children that creates any world they could imagine.
Detailed explanation-4: -What does technology do, according to Lydia? It makes her feel useless. What does Lydia Hadley want her husband to do to the nursery? She wants him to check on it and lock it.
Detailed explanation-5: -Bradbury believes that when children are too involved in items, they become brainwashed and it has a negative effect on society. Mr. and Mrs. Hadley (the parents) from “The Veldt”, struggle to discipline their kids, which results in the children not having a priority to respect them.