The Veldt, A Literary Analysis

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For ages, people have speculated what lies within someone. Some people think that all that lies within a person is good and love, others think evil and hate. No matter how much a person tries to push the evil and hate out of their life, it always remains. In The Lottery by
Shirley Jackson, The Veldt by Ray Bradbury, and The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe, the evil in the characters comes out. Throughout all three of the stories, the reader realizes that the characters have evil planted deep within them. Because humans are typically good natured creatures, no one ever stops to think about the darkness that lies within a person’s heart which can be seen in the refusal to change tradition, protecting one’s pride, and doing whatever
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Technology is one of the things that has been part of their lives since birth and they are too dependent upon it.
Pride is a very big thing for certain people. They will protect it at all costs and make sure everyone knows of it. In The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe, the whole story is based on Montresor's hatred for Fortunato because he had made fun of his family name by saying, “The thousands of injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge” (Poe 1). Not only did he want to make Fortunato pay, but he wanted him to realize why and who was making him pay for insulting his family name. Montressor would go as far as killing someone to protect him and his family's pride. When Fortunato poked fun at him and his family, Montresor retaliated by plotting to kill him. Montresor thought of Fortunato as a threat to his family’s reputation which is why he reacted the way that he did. Pride is a value that people treasure more than anything. The Lottery shows the protectiveness of pride but in an understated way. When the whole Hutchison family is drawing the slips of paper, and Tessie …show more content…

On the other hand, some people will endure whatever they deem necessary to protect whatever plan they might have. In The Cask of Amontillado, Montresor was obsessed with taking down Fortunato. Montresor was very pleasant and kind whenever he was around Fortunato so he would trust him. Montresor even says, “It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had
I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will. I continued, as was my in to smile in his face and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation.” (Poe 1). Once again, Montresor is not afraid to endure and do whatever he has to do to make sure that his plan is carried out flawlessly. Montresor is willing to be around a man whom he despises just so when he kills him, it will be perfect.
Because most people believe humans to be good natured creatures, no one ever thinks about the darkness that lies within a person's heart, which can be seen in people's refusal to change tradition, protecting and making one’s pride known, and the way that people will do whatever they feel necessary to protect the things that they love or are obsessed with, proves that the dark side of human nature is rooted deeply within a person no matter how hard they try

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