The Veldt

Summary

The book "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury tells of a future where technology plays a key role in people's lives. The Hadley family lives in a fully automated house capable of performing all household tasks. The central feature of the house is the nursery, which can materialize any fantasies the children have. The children, Peter and Wendy, spend a lot of time in the room, creating an African veldt with lions. The parents, George and Lydia, begin to worry about the room's influence on the children and decide to shut it down. However, the children resist this decision. In the story's climax, the parents find themselves trapped in the room, where the lions, created by the children's imagination, become real and kill them. The story raises questions about dependency on technology and the loss of control over it.