Justin Polites

1. When you stepped into the room initially two-dimensional blank walls is what you
would see. Soon after however, these walls turn into a three-dimensional African
veldt filled with large grasslands, with animals, a bright blue sky and shinning sun,
just like it would look in real life.
2. In their first visit to the playroom, George and Lydia are approached by two lions that
start to charge at them. Once the two escapes the room Lydia is crying because of the
realist nature of the room. George is laughing because he knows the walls are only
crystal and they arent in danger.
3. I feel like I dont belong here, says Lydia. The house is wife and mother now.
Lydia feels as if she isnt needed anymore in her new house because most of the work
is done for her and she has too much time on her hands. George is more relaxed than
Lydia, even though she accuses him of being nervous in recent days. He figures this is
because he has been smoking a lot.
4. Whatever the kids imagine it appears inside the nursery. The kids began thinking of
fictional characters and other things impossible to the real world. It is important to
the parents that the room does not change because the room is changing into a dark,
deadly place which means the children are thinking of death.
5. When the kids get home George and Lydia start asking about Africa in the nursery.
The kids both agree that they dont know what their parents are talking about.
Theres no Africa in the nursery, Peter said.
6. Wendy hurried to the room while her parents were eating dinner, giving her enough
time to change the room before George walked in. Wendy, come back here! said
George, but she was gone.
7. Peter and Georges conversation is a tense one. George wants to shut down the whole
house including the nursery for the time being. Peter is upset by this. Would I have

to tie my own shoes instead of letting the shoe tier do it? Their conversation reveals
the kids dependence for their magical world.
8. They have limited control over the kids. Go to bed, he said to his children. They
try to talk back, You heard me, he said. They went off to the air closet. The
children obey their parents when given simple commands but when George and Peter
have a conversation Peter threatens his father to not shut down the nursery. I dont
think youd better consider it any more, father. On the subject of the nursery the kids
act as they wish.
9. Maclean says the nursery must be torn down and the kids must go see him once a
week for a year. He says the kids are experiencing very destructive thoughts that can
be potentially very dangerous. The room has become a channel toward-destructive
thoughts, instead of a release away from them. This room is their mother and
father, far more important in their lives than their real parents. And now you come
along and want to shut it off. No wonder theres hatred here. The parents are at fault
for letting their children abuse the room and become spoiled.
10. When George shuts off the playroom, the children were in hysterics. They threw
terrible fits of anger which included cussing and throwing things. Lydia thinks
George was too harsh and says, George, turn on the nursery, just for a few
moments. You cant be so cruel
11. George does not regret his actions. When his children have their meltdowns, he
remains strong. Peter tells him he hates him and wishes he was dead. Insults wont
get you anywhere. George believes shutting it down will benefit everyone.
12. George and Lydia go back to the room when their kids tell them to come quickly.
When George and Lydia get inside the room, the kids lock them inside. George and
Lydia realize why the screams they have heard in the past sound so familiar.

13. George and Lydia are eaten by the same lions that first charged at them in the
beginning. in the room. It doesnt make sense how that is possible but when Lydia
asks if the lions could ever escape, the door trembles as if something had jumped
against it from the other side. This foreshadows to the parents being eaten later on
and also the lions ability to come through the wall.
14. When Maclean comes back he finds the children eating a picnic in the center of the
glade. Peter and Wendy are different because they are calm and relaxed unlike
before. When Maclean asks the kids where the parents are, they say, Oh, theyll be
here directly.
15. Next, I think the kids are going to kill Maclean. Their parents interfered with their
dream world-the nursery before and Maclean also contributed to the parents shutting
the room down. He will die next.
16. The violent ending is obviously murder. The kids intentionally lock their parents
inside the room. I believe the parents are to blame for raising their children to do
whatever they wish and becoming so independent of the room. Everyone is at fault
one way or another, the parents let the kids run wild but the children are the ones who
physically locker their parents inside the room. The ending of this story could have
been avoided if George would have refused to open the playroom one last time.
17. I think Maclean speaks for Ray Bradbury. Maclean is the person in the story who is
brutally honest and tells George upfront that the playroom must be destroyed. I
believe Bradbury is in fact attempting to send a message. This message is that too
much of something can be dangerous and parents need to set rules and limits for what
their children can do, for the childrens own safety. Kids are products of their parents
and can turn out good or bad based on how their parents raise them. The play is a

warning of how a child or children can become addicted and dependent on one thing
causing harm to them and the people around them.
18. The Veldt is most certainly still applicable today. As the years progress, society
evolves and technology improves. This causes children to be exposed to more
information, and all sorts of things. This can be good and bad. Parents today need to
carefully monitor their children and set rules and standards for what they are
supposed to do. Too strict of parenting will either result in a child going to an extreme
once they experience something for the first time that their parents forbid them from
doing. Parents must find a happy medium to teach their children right and wrong but
also giving them freedom to experience things on their own and figure out their own
moral standing on issues.
Societys biggest problem is glamorizing all the wrong things. Children have become
so vulnerable to societys idea of cool or normal that people lose sight of the big
picture in life, which is to live a morally good life, work hard, and spread those ideas and
virtues onto your own children. Our culture makes false idols out of Celebrities and
professional athletes because they are worth millions and have one specific talent. People
focus on being as rich as possible instead of doing things the right and moral way. No one
is willing to work hard anymore because our generations has a sense of instant
gratification and wont commit themselves to working for a long-term goal. Bad
parenting is the root to this issue. If parents teach their kids the right morals and work
ethic instead of having them brainwashed to believe that this unrealistic lifestyle and
obscured moral compass these famous people base their life on is the right way to do it,
than people would be a lot better off. The Veldt can be easily related to this. When kids
are young and their minds are still small, they tend to possess interests in things of a

fictional nature. As children grow older and their minds begin to expand. They get
exposed to many different things both good and bad. It depends on what type of parenting
the children receive that will determine how they will react to all these new things. Peter
and Wendy grew up very spoiled and were never taught the values of hard work. Their
rich parents gave them everything they ever wanted. As they grew older they became
evil minded people who were so depended on their own fictional reality they killed their
parents just when the fun was about to end.