50 pages 1 hour read

Ray Bradbury

The Veldt

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1950

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Essay Topics

1.

What effect does Bradbury achieve by opening “The Veldt” with dialogue?

2.

How does the forest setting with Rima compare or contrast with the veldt? Why, in your opinion, do the children choose the veldt in preference to the forest?

3.

Who, in your view, is the true hero of the story? Who (or what) is the villain or antagonist?