The Dangers Of Technology In The Veldt By Ray Bradbury

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Technology has a major effect on our lives and there are some benefits to having it in our lives. Having Technology all around us helps us have easy access to information such as if we wanted to get to a destination and did not know where to go. We are able to get access to information at anytime and everywhere. In the short story The Veldt by Ray Bradbury they start to face the many dangers of technology. Once they start to lose their technology they do not know what to do with there life anymore. A major theme of this story is that there are many dangers of technology and this relates to what is happening in today's world. In the story “The Veldt” it shows that technology can be dangerous if you misuse it. There are some good intentions,

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