LITERATURE QUESTIONS
DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE
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Peter and Wendy lock their parents in the nursery with the lions.
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David McClean comes over and surveys the nursery for problems.
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Wendy asks David McClean if he would like a cup of tea.
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Peter and Wendy scream and cry when the nursery is turned off.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In this Ray Bradbury story, the conflict is between the desire of the children to interact with the automated nursery and the desire of the parents to eliminate their obsession. In the end, the obsession is the victor, as the children’s imagination takes over in the manifestation of the African Veldt in the real world.
Detailed explanation-2: -Q. Infer the reason the children so strongly oppose turning off the nursery? They fear that it may actually kill the lions.
Detailed explanation-3: -The story ends with David McClean arriving to speak to the children. Wendy and Peter, who are drinking tea while seated in the nursery, which is now displaying a serene scene, tell him their parents will be here soon. But the vultures flying overhead suggest that the parents have been devoured by the lions.
Detailed explanation-4: -The nursery is a double-edged sword: it symbolizes the incredible possibility that technology presents, but also the danger of using technology for sheer pleasure, of getting carried away by its power, and of ultimately choosing technology over humanity.