EAC 150 - Themes and Futuristic Setting
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Running head: THE STORY, ITS THEMES AND FUTURISTIC SETTING The Story, Its Themes and Futuristic Setting Student NameUniversity nameAuthor Name
THE STORY, ITS THEMES AND FUTURISTIC SETTING The portrayal and progression of a story’s settings within the narrative world contributemost significantly in establishing the story’s themes. The society in which Hadleys inhabit isa futuristic society where technology is omnipresent and omniscient. The themes ofconsumerism, dystopia and the fight between men versus machines have been representedmetaphorically by utilizing the futuristic setting. In ‘The Veldt’, the author has imagined a society where the consumerism runs the life bycontrolling and fulfilling every human need (Bradbury). The dependency on consumer goodshas transformed humans into inactive organism. The society is being represented by theautomated house, where George, Lydia, Wendy and Peter live. The most luxurious room ofthe house has the glass walls which can project the inhabitant’s wish to see any landscape orscenery. They also use the nursery to express their emotions. After realizing children’sobsession with the room the father wishes to shut the room and live a simpler life is amanifestation of a story’s theme. The author wrote the story in the post World War era(1950), the moment when consumerism’s dominance over human life started to become morevisible. In the fictional and futuristic setting of the world does not seem so dystopian in thisinitial phase of twenty first century. The over dependency of human upon technology isalready making human life so easier that at times the systematic, organized and robotic lifecraves for a little chaos, a sudden escape. The automated house has almost replaced Lydiafrom the responsibility and joy of a mother. She is excited by the idea of living a simpler lifeas she wishes to find purpose for her life. The father of the house purchases the best thingsavailable in the market for the family’s pleasure and happiness. In this futuristic society loveis expressed though the material exchange and George’s action proves that. Directinterpersonal communication is absent, the rooms, the gifts and the services demonstrated the
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