The Veldt

The Veldt is a another story that we read in class. Here it is. I am sorry that my last links didn’t work, when I tried them out they worked for me. Hopefully this one will work.

Power and Relationships

Anyway, I think this story is sad. The kids have a relationship with their house, instead of with their parents. The house is taking over the job of the parents. The parents do not get along well with the house or the kids.

At the beginning of the story, the parents have some power over the kids, but at the very end, the kids have the power to let the parents live or not.

Desire vs. Need

We need alot of things: food, clothes, water, shelter. The Hadley’s had all of these things in their wonderful house. But they did not need all of their fancey gadgets like the voice clocks, shoe shiners, shoe lacers, body scrubers and the nursery.

I do not think that we need everything that we want. Remeber the saying in my last post? “Absolute power corupts abosolutly” is what it was. If we got everything we wanted that would happen to everyone.

Needing is what we want but can live without. You cannot live for very long without food water or shelter of some kind.

P.S. If the link doesn’t work, Google The Veldt by Ray Bradbury.