The Veldt Ray Bradbury Analysis

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Post Reading: The Veldt We all tend to take vacations here and there, maybe a cruise, or a road trip, but, when it comes to the true actuality of defining what a vacation may be, there can be a few ways of defining it. How about taking one’s technology away, can that also be considered as a vacation? The definition of vacation: “an extended period of recreation, especially one spent away from home or in traveling.”, has a very clear meaning, having fun, and getting ‘away’. But how can taking someone's personal appliances be anything near being a, “vacation”. In the short story, “The Veldt.” by Ray Bradbury, it is mentioned that turning of all the technology in a futuristic house is like a, “vacation”. To examine what going on a “vacation”

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