Thus, in “The Veldt” we see that Bradbury mixes elements of science fiction with a strong-nay, a terribly frightening- warning about humankind’s destruction of Earth’s creatures and resources. Ray Bradburys The Veldt is a short story in which the Hadleys parents become concerned when their childrens soundproofed HappyLife Home, costing them. One preeminent Bradbury scholar, George Edgar Slusser, has commented that “to Bradbury, science is the forbidden fruit, destroyer of Eden” (“Biography”). In his creative work as well as in his interviews, he makes no bones about the fact that, despite his fascination with other worlds and other times, he is at heart a technophobe, loving intensely this Earth in all its magnificence and worried- already in the early fifties-by the effects of increasing mechanization on the planet. While usually thought of exclusively as a science fiction writer, Ray Bradbury is also a haunting essayist and an astonishingly lyrical poet. In The Veldt, Ray bradbury utilizes descriptive language and symbolism to express the experiences of living in the Happylife home. Originally published as the first narrative in a collection entitled The Illustrated Man, “The Veldt” was also one of three stories from the book adapted for a film version in 1969 and eventually published in play form, although neither of these is considered a critically important version of the original work.
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