LITERATURE QUESTIONS
DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE
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Makes her feel useless
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Makes her happy
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Makes her sleepy
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Makes her proud
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Children can become obsessed by technology. This can influence their psychological health during the time their minds are still developing, and their intelligence is growing. Exposure to blood and violence in video games can heighten these emotions which can lead to emotional problems later in their lives.
Detailed explanation-3: -"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-4: -In “The Veldt, ” technology is associated with people not doing anything. So, as George argues here, technology is almost the opposite of real life, since real life is about doing things. ("Contemplating your navel” is a phrase only dads use to describe doing nothing.)