The Veldt

1. The Veldt

2. Point of View • The story is about George and Lydia not “I” so it is 3rd person not 1st person • It is Limited to the thoughts of George. We do not know the thoughts of the other characters so it is 3rd person limited not 3rd person omniscient

3. Conflicts • Internal: • Character vs self– George vs his decision to shut down the nursery • External: • Character vs. Character– Parents vs. Children • Character vs. Nature– Parents vs. Lions • Character vs. Technology– Parents vs. House/ nursery

4. Plot • 1. Lydia and George inspect the nursery and agree that there’s something wrong with it. • 2. They try to talk to the children about the “Africa” in the Nursery, but the children deny it and hide it • 3. Sends the children to bed and which makes them angry • 4. George finds his wallet chewed and bloody in nursery • 5. He locks the nursery • 6. In the middle of the night, the children break in and bring Africa back, there are now two voices screaming • 7. Peter warns his father that he should not lock the nursery again, George tells him that they may turn off the whole house for awhile, Peter threatens him. • 8. Dr. McClean, a Psychologist, is brought in to examine the “mood” of the room and he says there is paranoia, persecution, and hatred. He recommends shutting it down completely and brining the children in for a year of counseling. He says the root of the problem is that where George and Lydia had before always spoiled their parents like Santa, now when they try to limit their children, they are Scrooges—which the children hate. • They shut the room down • The children go wild • They turn the room back on for one minute while the parents get ready for their vacation • The children call the parents to the room • The parents are locked in the room with the lions • The lions kill them • David McClean comes for the family and finds the children having a picnic in the nursery

5. Imagery • Identify an example of : • Sight Imagery • Sound Imagery • Smell Imagery • Touch Imagery • Taste Imagery

6. Situational Irony • Identify the example of Situational Irony • The Definition of situational irony is “when one thing is expected to happen but something else happens instead”

7. Foreshadowing • Identify 2 Examples of foreshadowing

8. Theme • The theme is this story is stated: Too much of anything isn’t good for you