The Veldt - Ray Bradbury
Interpretive Questions: Be sure to answer all questions in complete sentences using quotes.
1.) Why do Peter and Wendy choose the nursery over their parents?
>>>>>>Peter and Wendy chose the nursery over their parents because they prefer to have a machine do something for them automatically and that they are spoiled. "....., the house which clothed and fed and rocked them to sleep and played and and sang and was too good for them." (page 89)
2.) Why have the children moved to “the long, hot African veldt” from “all the delightful contraptions of a make-believe world”? (p. 94, 95)
>>>>>>The children moved to “the long, hot African veldt” from “all the delightful contraptions of a make-believe world”? (p. 94, 95) because they had a motive to kill their parents when they shut down their nursery. " ' There is no Africa in the nursery , ' said Peter simply. ' Oh come on now, Peter. We know better .' 'I don't remember any Africa, ' said Peter to Wendy. 'Do you?' 'No.' 'Run see and come tell' She obeyed. 'Wendy, come back here!' " "But Wendy was back. ' It's not Africa, ' she said breathlessly. 'We'll see about his,' said George Hedley, and they all walked down the hall together and opened the nursery door." "The African veldtland was gone." (page 97)
3.) Why does Peter say, “I don’t want to do anything but look and listen and smell; what else is there to do”? (p. 100)
>>>>>>Peter says “I don’t want to do anything but look and listen and smell; what else is there to do”? (p. 100) because he is crazy obsessed about the nursery and the fact that they are spoiled too much.
4.) At the end of the story, do the children know what they are doing to their parents, or is it just another fantasy for them?
>>>>>>At the end of the story the children do know what they are doing because there are three clues which were that the children recorded their screams from the beginning, they had a bloodified wallet that belonged to the Dad, and the bloody scarf that belonged to the wife. " ' Those screams -they sound familiar.' 'Do they?' 'Yes, awfully.' " (page 99) " ' An old wallet of mine, ' he said. He showed it to her. The smell of hot grass was on it and the smell of a lion. There were drops of saliva on it, it had been chewed, and there were blood smears on both sides." (page 98)
5.) Why does the story end with peter and Wendy having a picnic and behaving politely toward David McLean?
>>>>>>>The story ends with Peter and Wendy having a picnic and behaving polietly to David McLean because they want to show him that they are innocent even though they killed their parents, show they didn't do anything to their parents, since they hate him they want to act polietly so they could probley kill him like how they did to their parents, and because they were gonna go get "help" for their obssesion towards the nursery. " ' This is very bad. My advice to you is to have the wholde damn room torn down and your children brought to me every day during the next year for treatment.' " (Page 101)
6.) According to the story, are George and Lydia to blame for what happens to them?
>>>>>>George and Lydia are to blame for their death because they were the cause of their children being spoiled and to imagine their deaths by the lions since the machine only listens to the kids minds. "They walked down the hall of their soundproof Happy Life Home, which had cost thirty thousand dollars to be installed." (Page 89)
7.) Why does the story say that George is too busy to pay attention to the lions, even though he has heard them roaring and smelled their strong odors?
>>>>>>The story says that George is too busy to pay attention to the lions, even though he has heard them roaring and smelled their strong odors because he is a grown up and he thinks it is all fake or a simulation since they are not real but they are. " ' Walls, Lydia, remeber; crystak walls, that's all they are. Oh, they look real, I must admit -Africa in your oarlor-but its all dimensional, superreactionary, supersensitive color film and mental tape film behindglass screens. It's all ordorophonics and soncis, Lydia.' " (Page 92)
8.) After returning from the carnival, why do Peter and Wendy deny that Africa is in the nursery?
>>>>>>Peter and endy denty that Africa is in the nursery because it was part of their plan, they want to act innocent for their plan, and they want to pretend its not even there. " ' There is no Africa in the nursery , ' said Peter simply. ' Oh come on now, Peter. We know better .' 'I don't remember any Africa, ' said Peter to Wendy. 'Do you?' 'No.' 'Run see and come tell' She obeyed. 'Wendy, come back here!' " "But Wendy was back. ' It's not Africa, ' she said breathlessly. 'We'll see about his,' said George Hedley, and they all walked down the hall together and opened the nursery door." "The African veldtland was gone." (page 97)
9.) Why does George tell Lydia that they children are “spoiled and we’re spoiled”? (p. 98)
>>>>>>George tells Lydia that there children are "spoiled and we're spoiled' (page 98) because the house does eberything for them and they don't do anything and that the parents dont do anything so the house is like the mom and dad replacing them."....., the house which clothed and fed and rocked them to sleep and played and and sang and was too good for them." (page 89)
10.) Why do George and Lydia agree to “just another moment of nursery” after they have turned it off? (p. 104)
>>>>>>George and Lydia agree to “just another moment of nursery” after they have turned it off? (p. 104) because they always give them what they want and they threw an annoying tantrum to make them see the nursery. "Wendy was crying, and Peter joined her again." (page 104) "The two children were in hysterics. They screamed and pranced and threw things. They yelled and sobbed and swore and jumped at the furniture." (page 103)
Vocabulary in Context:
1.) Reluctantly (p. 92)
Quote: "Reluctantly he locked the huge door."(p.92)
Definition (based on context/in your own words): Do something whitout care
Synonym: not caring
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): She reluctantly followed the creepy guy in the dark cloths in the alley.
2.) Preoccupied (p. 94)
Quote: "Preoccupied, he let the lights glow softly on ahead of him" (page 94)
Definition (based on context/in your own words): Busy
Synonym: occupied
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): I was preoccupied with my work that I needed to do.
3.) Abstractedly (p. 95)
Quote: "eating her dinner abstractedly." (page 95)
Definition (based on context/in your own words): Out of place
Synonym: messy
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): I was abstractedly eating.
4.) Insufferable (p. 98)
Quote: "They're insufferable - let's admit it" (page 98)
Definition (based on context/in your own words): can't do anything without something you have
Synonym: obsessed
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): I am insufferable without technology.
5.) Engrossed (p. 105)
Quote:"I think we'd better get downstairs before those kids get engrossed with those dammed beats again."
Definition (based on context/in your own words): Attached
Synonym: Involved
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): The children were engrossed in the sport.
Thinking Map:
Use textual evidence to show examples of when George or Lydia are being G/Good parents or B/bad parents. Include 5 examples and support with page numbers and opinion for each column.
George and Lydia are G/Good parents V. George and Lydia are B/Bad parents
1.) Why do Peter and Wendy choose the nursery over their parents?
>>>>>>Peter and Wendy chose the nursery over their parents because they prefer to have a machine do something for them automatically and that they are spoiled. "....., the house which clothed and fed and rocked them to sleep and played and and sang and was too good for them." (page 89)
2.) Why have the children moved to “the long, hot African veldt” from “all the delightful contraptions of a make-believe world”? (p. 94, 95)
>>>>>>The children moved to “the long, hot African veldt” from “all the delightful contraptions of a make-believe world”? (p. 94, 95) because they had a motive to kill their parents when they shut down their nursery. " ' There is no Africa in the nursery , ' said Peter simply. ' Oh come on now, Peter. We know better .' 'I don't remember any Africa, ' said Peter to Wendy. 'Do you?' 'No.' 'Run see and come tell' She obeyed. 'Wendy, come back here!' " "But Wendy was back. ' It's not Africa, ' she said breathlessly. 'We'll see about his,' said George Hedley, and they all walked down the hall together and opened the nursery door." "The African veldtland was gone." (page 97)
3.) Why does Peter say, “I don’t want to do anything but look and listen and smell; what else is there to do”? (p. 100)
>>>>>>Peter says “I don’t want to do anything but look and listen and smell; what else is there to do”? (p. 100) because he is crazy obsessed about the nursery and the fact that they are spoiled too much.
4.) At the end of the story, do the children know what they are doing to their parents, or is it just another fantasy for them?
>>>>>>At the end of the story the children do know what they are doing because there are three clues which were that the children recorded their screams from the beginning, they had a bloodified wallet that belonged to the Dad, and the bloody scarf that belonged to the wife. " ' Those screams -they sound familiar.' 'Do they?' 'Yes, awfully.' " (page 99) " ' An old wallet of mine, ' he said. He showed it to her. The smell of hot grass was on it and the smell of a lion. There were drops of saliva on it, it had been chewed, and there were blood smears on both sides." (page 98)
5.) Why does the story end with peter and Wendy having a picnic and behaving politely toward David McLean?
>>>>>>>The story ends with Peter and Wendy having a picnic and behaving polietly to David McLean because they want to show him that they are innocent even though they killed their parents, show they didn't do anything to their parents, since they hate him they want to act polietly so they could probley kill him like how they did to their parents, and because they were gonna go get "help" for their obssesion towards the nursery. " ' This is very bad. My advice to you is to have the wholde damn room torn down and your children brought to me every day during the next year for treatment.' " (Page 101)
6.) According to the story, are George and Lydia to blame for what happens to them?
>>>>>>George and Lydia are to blame for their death because they were the cause of their children being spoiled and to imagine their deaths by the lions since the machine only listens to the kids minds. "They walked down the hall of their soundproof Happy Life Home, which had cost thirty thousand dollars to be installed." (Page 89)
7.) Why does the story say that George is too busy to pay attention to the lions, even though he has heard them roaring and smelled their strong odors?
>>>>>>The story says that George is too busy to pay attention to the lions, even though he has heard them roaring and smelled their strong odors because he is a grown up and he thinks it is all fake or a simulation since they are not real but they are. " ' Walls, Lydia, remeber; crystak walls, that's all they are. Oh, they look real, I must admit -Africa in your oarlor-but its all dimensional, superreactionary, supersensitive color film and mental tape film behindglass screens. It's all ordorophonics and soncis, Lydia.' " (Page 92)
8.) After returning from the carnival, why do Peter and Wendy deny that Africa is in the nursery?
>>>>>>Peter and endy denty that Africa is in the nursery because it was part of their plan, they want to act innocent for their plan, and they want to pretend its not even there. " ' There is no Africa in the nursery , ' said Peter simply. ' Oh come on now, Peter. We know better .' 'I don't remember any Africa, ' said Peter to Wendy. 'Do you?' 'No.' 'Run see and come tell' She obeyed. 'Wendy, come back here!' " "But Wendy was back. ' It's not Africa, ' she said breathlessly. 'We'll see about his,' said George Hedley, and they all walked down the hall together and opened the nursery door." "The African veldtland was gone." (page 97)
9.) Why does George tell Lydia that they children are “spoiled and we’re spoiled”? (p. 98)
>>>>>>George tells Lydia that there children are "spoiled and we're spoiled' (page 98) because the house does eberything for them and they don't do anything and that the parents dont do anything so the house is like the mom and dad replacing them."....., the house which clothed and fed and rocked them to sleep and played and and sang and was too good for them." (page 89)
10.) Why do George and Lydia agree to “just another moment of nursery” after they have turned it off? (p. 104)
>>>>>>George and Lydia agree to “just another moment of nursery” after they have turned it off? (p. 104) because they always give them what they want and they threw an annoying tantrum to make them see the nursery. "Wendy was crying, and Peter joined her again." (page 104) "The two children were in hysterics. They screamed and pranced and threw things. They yelled and sobbed and swore and jumped at the furniture." (page 103)
Vocabulary in Context:
1.) Reluctantly (p. 92)
Quote: "Reluctantly he locked the huge door."(p.92)
Definition (based on context/in your own words): Do something whitout care
Synonym: not caring
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): She reluctantly followed the creepy guy in the dark cloths in the alley.
2.) Preoccupied (p. 94)
Quote: "Preoccupied, he let the lights glow softly on ahead of him" (page 94)
Definition (based on context/in your own words): Busy
Synonym: occupied
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): I was preoccupied with my work that I needed to do.
3.) Abstractedly (p. 95)
Quote: "eating her dinner abstractedly." (page 95)
Definition (based on context/in your own words): Out of place
Synonym: messy
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): I was abstractedly eating.
4.) Insufferable (p. 98)
Quote: "They're insufferable - let's admit it" (page 98)
Definition (based on context/in your own words): can't do anything without something you have
Synonym: obsessed
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): I am insufferable without technology.
5.) Engrossed (p. 105)
Quote:"I think we'd better get downstairs before those kids get engrossed with those dammed beats again."
Definition (based on context/in your own words): Attached
Synonym: Involved
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): The children were engrossed in the sport.
Thinking Map:
Use textual evidence to show examples of when George or Lydia are being G/Good parents or B/bad parents. Include 5 examples and support with page numbers and opinion for each column.
George and Lydia are G/Good parents V. George and Lydia are B/Bad parents
George and Lydia are Good Parents
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George and Lydia are bad parents
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