ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -"The Veldt” is a science fiction short story by American author Ray Bradbury. 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -"The Veldt” is a science fiction short story by American author Ray Bradbury. 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Veldt was written in 1950 by the American writer, Ray Bradbury in the era that the United States was experiencing significant economic, technological and social changes.

Detailed explanation-4: -’The Veldt’ can be analysed as a cautionary tale about the dangers of technology, especially when it threatens the relationship between parents and their children. Married couple George and Lydia Hadley live in their Happylife Home which has all sorts of automated machinery to do everything for them around the house.

Detailed explanation-5: -But Bradbury opted for the much stranger “The Veldt.” Why? Well for one thing, it helps focus us on the world that the kids are imagining-a world full of death and lacking any adult supervision. (Like Vegas, only with fewer lions.)