The veldt essay

With the parents relying on technology for everything around their home, their children soon realize that their parents are somewhat irrelevant. From the dynamics of the family, it is evident that over-relying on technology could bring about negative impacts on the quality of human relationships. One of the key features of technology and its effects is that there is nothing inherently wrong with the technology itself and that it is the manner in which it is used that brings about adverse effects. This is the case with George and Lydia who are seemingly good parents who want the best for their children and hence the decision to invest in technology to improve the quality of their lives: “They walked down the hall of their soundproofed Happy Life Home, which had cost them thirty thousand dollars installed, this house which clothed and fed and rocked them to sleep and played and sang was good to them” (Bradbury 2.