Summary Of Ray BradburysThe Vedlt - 893 Words

Specialists have noticed that children in the latest generations are spending a great deal of time on electronics, which is causing them to miss out on learning the basic skills needed for living a satisfying life. Many believe that parents who are giving electronics to children at an early age are the root of this problem. When parents do not engage much with their kids it can cause behavior problems such as self-control and underdeveloped communication skills. Ray Bradbury agrees with the all previous ideas and illustrates those messages in his short story â€Å"The Vedlt†. Bradbury combines the use of characterization and symbolism to emphasize how the role of the parents heavily influences the future actions of their children. Bradbury’s†¦show more content†¦His dependency on technology causes him to not be independent; if he continues living like this, he will not know how to survive without technology. This need for technology causes the addiction to intensify. Later on the page, Peter says â€Å"‘I don’t want to do anything but look and listen and smell. What else is there to do?’† This dialogue shows the lack of creativity in the children, there is so much more to life than what Wendy and Peter realize, and the high tech machinery is causing them to be oblivious to it. Bradbury characterizing Wendy and Peter as technology-obsessed children with absent parents establishes the reason why they allowed the nursery to take on the parenting role. They were just normal kids, who yearned for a parental influence, and since they could not get it from their biological parents, the nursery became their new parents. Peter and Wendy represent any kid who was given electro nics at an early age therefore; this situation can happen to anyone who allows technology to become a significant part of their life. Bradbury’s use of symbolism in â€Å"The Vedlt† help convey the idea of how the reaction of Peter and Wendy, when they got their technology taken from them, was very similar to the reactions a drug addict going through symptoms of withdrawal. It is believed by Lauren Villa, M.P.H. , that physical dependence is a symptom of drug abuse, â€Å"the changes in physiology that accompany this process leave people feeling badly or functioning