The Veldt by: by Ray Bradbury
Interpretive Questions: Be sure to answer all questions in complete sentences using quotes.
1.) Why do Peter and Wendy choose the nursery over their parents?
Peter and Wendy choose the nursery because the nursery gives them entertainment and their parents don't. "Lets have Aladdin and his lamp."(pg.95)
2.) Why have the children moved to “the long, hot African veldt” from “all the delightful contraptions of a make-believe world”? (p. 94, 95)
The children have choose “the long, hot African veldt”(pg.94) because planned to kill their parents by using Africa and the lions.
3.) Why does Peter say, “I don’t want to do anything but look and listen and smell; what else is there to do”? (p. 100)
Peter says “I don’t want to do anything but look and listen and smell; what else is there to do”? (p. 100) because he thinks that the only thing he can do is go in the nursery.
4.) At the end of the story, do the children know what they are doing to their parents, or is it just another fantasy for them?
The children know exactly what is happening because they have planned to kill their parents and I know because the parents hear familiar screams, they see the dads wallet with blood on it, and the moms scarf with blood on it.
"An old wallet of mine"(pg.98)
5.) Why does the story end with peter and Wendy having a picnic and behaving politely toward David McLean?
The story ends like that because they will probably kill him like their parents so they have the house to their self's.
"A cup of tea?"(pg.107)
6.) According to the story, are George and Lydia to blame for what happens to them?
Yes, they are to blame because they spoiled there kids and then took it away from them so they made them mad so the kids killed them.
"You can't be cruel"(pg.104)
7.) Why does the story say that George is too busy to pay attention to the lions, even though he has heard them roaring and smelled their strong odors?
The story says the George is to busy because he is saying he doesn't think it is real and that it is sill for him to be doing that kind of stuff.
8.) After returning from the carnival, why do Peter and Wendy deny that Africa is in the nursery?
Wendy and Peter did that because they wanted to act cute and so they would not know they changed it to Africa.
"There's no Africa in the nursery"(pg.96)
9.) Why does George tell Lydia that they children are “spoiled and we’re spoiled”? (p. 98)
The parents say that there“spoiled and we’re spoiled”? (p. 98) because they have tubes that bring them to their slumber rooms and they have a helicopter and a rocket and machines that do everything for them.
10.)Why do George and Lydia agree to “just another moment of nursery” after they have turned it off? (p. 104)
The parents agree to “just another moment of nursery” after they have turned it off? (p. 104) because they spoil their kids and give into their kids.
Vocabulary in Context:
1.) Reluctantly (p. 92)
Quote: Reluctantly he locked the huge door.
Definition (based on context/in your own words): To not want to do something
Synonym: unwilling
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): I reluctantly did the homework.
2.) Preoccupied (p. 94)
Quote: "Preoccupied, he let the lights glow softly on ahead of him, extinguish behind him as he padded to the nursery door."(pg.94)
Definition (based on context/in your own words): To be busy
Synonym: Distracted
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): I was preoccupied when the noises were going on in the backgound.
3.) Abstractedly (p. 95)
Quote: "The only flaw to the illusion was the open door through which he could see his wife, far down the dark hall, like a framed picture, eating her dinner abstractedly."(pg.95)
Definition (based on context/in your own words): To be out of place
Synonym: Removed
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): I abstractedly the paper.
4.) Insufferable (p. 98)
Quote: "They're insufferable-let's admit it."(pg.98)
Definition (based on context/in your own words): To be unbearable
Synonym: Unexpected
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): I can sometimes be insufferable.
5.) Engrossed (p. 105)
Quote: "I think we better get downstairs before those kids get engrossed with those damned beasts again."(pg.105)
Definition (based on context/in your own words): To get involved
Synonym: Ocupie
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): I am always engrossed with baseball.
Thinking Map:
Use textual evidence to show examples of when George or Lydia are being G/Good parents or B/bad parents. Include 5 examples and support with page numbers and opinion for each column.
George and Lydia are G/Good parents V. George and Lydia are B/Bad parents
Good Parents
- They didn't let Wendy and Peter take their rockets to New York. (p.98)
- They almost locked down the nursery. (p.99)
- They thought about shutting down all the electronics.(p.100)
- They shut off the nursery. (p.103,104)
-They move to somewhere else to have a normal life. (p.106)
Bad Parents
-George and Lydia give the kids everything they want, like shoelace tiers, nursery, rockets. (p. many pages in the book)
-they took all the things they gave to them away(p.102)
-They gave the nursery back to the kids even though they did not diverse it. (p.100)
-They give the kids all the electronics back. (p.104, 105)
-Both parents weren't watching them while they were in there, so when they went they got killed.(p.105, 106, 107)
1.) Why do Peter and Wendy choose the nursery over their parents?
Peter and Wendy choose the nursery because the nursery gives them entertainment and their parents don't. "Lets have Aladdin and his lamp."(pg.95)
2.) Why have the children moved to “the long, hot African veldt” from “all the delightful contraptions of a make-believe world”? (p. 94, 95)
The children have choose “the long, hot African veldt”(pg.94) because planned to kill their parents by using Africa and the lions.
3.) Why does Peter say, “I don’t want to do anything but look and listen and smell; what else is there to do”? (p. 100)
Peter says “I don’t want to do anything but look and listen and smell; what else is there to do”? (p. 100) because he thinks that the only thing he can do is go in the nursery.
4.) At the end of the story, do the children know what they are doing to their parents, or is it just another fantasy for them?
The children know exactly what is happening because they have planned to kill their parents and I know because the parents hear familiar screams, they see the dads wallet with blood on it, and the moms scarf with blood on it.
"An old wallet of mine"(pg.98)
5.) Why does the story end with peter and Wendy having a picnic and behaving politely toward David McLean?
The story ends like that because they will probably kill him like their parents so they have the house to their self's.
"A cup of tea?"(pg.107)
6.) According to the story, are George and Lydia to blame for what happens to them?
Yes, they are to blame because they spoiled there kids and then took it away from them so they made them mad so the kids killed them.
"You can't be cruel"(pg.104)
7.) Why does the story say that George is too busy to pay attention to the lions, even though he has heard them roaring and smelled their strong odors?
The story says the George is to busy because he is saying he doesn't think it is real and that it is sill for him to be doing that kind of stuff.
8.) After returning from the carnival, why do Peter and Wendy deny that Africa is in the nursery?
Wendy and Peter did that because they wanted to act cute and so they would not know they changed it to Africa.
"There's no Africa in the nursery"(pg.96)
9.) Why does George tell Lydia that they children are “spoiled and we’re spoiled”? (p. 98)
The parents say that there“spoiled and we’re spoiled”? (p. 98) because they have tubes that bring them to their slumber rooms and they have a helicopter and a rocket and machines that do everything for them.
10.)Why do George and Lydia agree to “just another moment of nursery” after they have turned it off? (p. 104)
The parents agree to “just another moment of nursery” after they have turned it off? (p. 104) because they spoil their kids and give into their kids.
Vocabulary in Context:
1.) Reluctantly (p. 92)
Quote: Reluctantly he locked the huge door.
Definition (based on context/in your own words): To not want to do something
Synonym: unwilling
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): I reluctantly did the homework.
2.) Preoccupied (p. 94)
Quote: "Preoccupied, he let the lights glow softly on ahead of him, extinguish behind him as he padded to the nursery door."(pg.94)
Definition (based on context/in your own words): To be busy
Synonym: Distracted
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): I was preoccupied when the noises were going on in the backgound.
3.) Abstractedly (p. 95)
Quote: "The only flaw to the illusion was the open door through which he could see his wife, far down the dark hall, like a framed picture, eating her dinner abstractedly."(pg.95)
Definition (based on context/in your own words): To be out of place
Synonym: Removed
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): I abstractedly the paper.
4.) Insufferable (p. 98)
Quote: "They're insufferable-let's admit it."(pg.98)
Definition (based on context/in your own words): To be unbearable
Synonym: Unexpected
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): I can sometimes be insufferable.
5.) Engrossed (p. 105)
Quote: "I think we better get downstairs before those kids get engrossed with those damned beasts again."(pg.105)
Definition (based on context/in your own words): To get involved
Synonym: Ocupie
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): I am always engrossed with baseball.
Thinking Map:
Use textual evidence to show examples of when George or Lydia are being G/Good parents or B/bad parents. Include 5 examples and support with page numbers and opinion for each column.
George and Lydia are G/Good parents V. George and Lydia are B/Bad parents
Good Parents
- They didn't let Wendy and Peter take their rockets to New York. (p.98)
- They almost locked down the nursery. (p.99)
- They thought about shutting down all the electronics.(p.100)
- They shut off the nursery. (p.103,104)
-They move to somewhere else to have a normal life. (p.106)
Bad Parents
-George and Lydia give the kids everything they want, like shoelace tiers, nursery, rockets. (p. many pages in the book)
-they took all the things they gave to them away(p.102)
-They gave the nursery back to the kids even though they did not diverse it. (p.100)
-They give the kids all the electronics back. (p.104, 105)
-Both parents weren't watching them while they were in there, so when they went they got killed.(p.105, 106, 107)