The Veldt By Ray Bradbury Modern House Features
The Veldt By Ray Bradbury
Modern House Features • • • • • Computer knows your hungry, pops up a menu, and food falls from the ceiling Digital floor…shark images Video game room with hologram players Everything is voice-activated Robot butler that can do your chores House cleans itself Wallpaper is digital and you can change it Master bathroom that will clean itself…never run out of toilet paper! House kills all bugs Automatic dishwasher will clean and put back dishes Garage will fix the car Automatic cleaning of the pool Car dispenser Burglars will be shot by the house Bedroom senses when you want to leave and opens the door Robot chef with cool tricks Laundry room does all the work including putting away the clothes Teleportation porch teleports people to you • • • • • Mood wallpaper that senses when you need something Garage that will fix up old cars to new cars Built in car wash Emoji mood wallpaper Sandwich machine : tell it what you want Built in house security from robbers: house creates ogres who eat the bad guys Kitchen robot: cleans automatically Self cleaning house Sky diving area w holographic trainer Holograms Slip and slide in the house Underground playland Entertainment center Interactive counter Built in table controls Senses your hunger and suggests food Dog mansion Voice commanded elevator
What if something goes Wrong? • Can you reboot a whole house? • Bradbury was curious in 1951 when he published this short story • New in his age: televisions, modern kitchen appliances, washing machines
Questions You need to focus on as you Close read for a second and third time • Write these questions down and use your close reading notes to help you figure out what to annotate (write) in the margins
Close Read Focus: #2 1. Bradbury calls the children’s virtual reality room their “nursery” rather than their “playroom” or “gameroom”. What’s interesting about his use of the word “nursery” in this story? 2. Bradbury uses two interesting similes when he described the children (top of pg 3). Underline the similes and explain what’s ironic about these simile choices. 3. Identify: Point of View, Conflict, Genre, other figurative language
Close Read #3 (Homework for Thurs) • Write these two questions down, research them during your close read #3 and be prepared to answer them in the Three Part Text writing answer 1. Early in the story, Bradbury skillfully raises two important points about modern life in a single sentence. Look closely at this sentence and then explain the two points Bradbury is attempting to plant in the reader’s mind: “At dinner they ate alone, for Wendy and Peter were at a special plastic carnival across town and had televised home to say they’d be late, to go ahead eating. ” 2. Thinking back over the story, what do you suppose is Bradbury’s opinion of children? Of humanity? Provide at least one line of text that supports your stance.
Test: Two Parts Part 1: 20 minutes • Part 1: Using your discussion four square, talk about the following question. Make sure to label each box with someone’s name and write down what they say. Leave the center box (diamond) BLANK • 1) Bradbury calls the children’s virtual reality room their “nursery” rather than their “playroom” or “game room”. What’s interesting about his use of the word “nursery” in this story?
Test: Part 2 15 minutes • Part 2: In the Center box, answer this question using a complete sentence: “The ending of the story is intentionally unclear. Explain what you think happened to Mr. and Mrs. Hadley. What do you think will happen to Mr. Mc. Clean? To Wendy and Peter? ” Use the back of the paper for more room.
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