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The Overuse Of Technology In The Veldt By Ray Bradbury

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The use of language that shows issues and ideas raised in the text, The Veldt written by Ray Bradbury is crucial to understanding the themes of the dangers of overusing technology, Virtual reality becoming too real, and psychological control in the use of technology. An example of one of the themes in the text is the way the parents describe the technology compared to the kids is completely opposite, as the kids use very visual and descriptive language whereas, the parents just describe their robots doing chores for them, which shows how they feel each character actually feels about the technology and how addicted the children are to technology. This overall shows how the overuse of technology can cause danger as you start to lose touch from

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