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The Veldt - Ray Bradbury, The World's Fair
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"I have become death,
destroyer of worlds."
Robert Oppenheimer, lead scientist of the Manhattan Project.
M.A.D.
Mutually Assured Destruction
On August 6th, 1945, the United States dropped a 21 kiloton bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
What do we do?
The Cold War
There Will Come Soft Rains
166,000 people were killed either by the blast, or by the resulting radioactive fallout.
Communism vs. Capitalism
Alliances placed half the world behind US, and the other half behind the U.S.S.R.
Also Published in Bradbury's 1950 collection, The Martian Chronicles.
Focuses on the aftermath of the
age of modern technology.
If we have improved our abilities to do everything, are there any areas where improving our ability might not be a good thing?
The Veldt
Dystopian Fiction
A genre of fictional writing used to explore social and political structures in 'a dark, nightmare world.
A story where social problems of today are imagined in the extreme.
Examples of Dystopian Fiction:
The Hunger Games
The Giver
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
• American science fiction writer: born August 22, 1920.
• Published"The Illustrated Man" an anthology containing the short story "The Veldt."
•Considered one of the "Fathers of American Science Fiction."
• Bradbury died in Los Angeles, California, on June 5, 2012, at the age of 91
Futurism
The Premise:
Please explain the following
sentence in your own words:
- Features the Hadley Family: George and Lydia, the parents and Peter and Wendy, the children.
- Set in the “Happy-life Home”, a technological marvel, that takes care of all of their needs mechanically.
The house also contains a high-tech nursery: A virtual reality room that is able to connect with the children telepathically to reproduce any place they imagine, and project it on the walls.
Yesterday's Science Fiction could be tomorrow's science fact.
In 1939, America was obsessed with the future. Electronics, telecommunication and automobiles inspired people to think about what could be possible someday.
Inspiration
Even the Cartoons were fascinated by the future and what life could be like.