The veldt
My reaction to the story was intrigue.
Should we consider the house a character? How is it characterized? What about the other automatic equipment, especially when George turns it off? Do they seem like living characters when he "kills" them? What do you think about McClean's comment that "Nothing ever likes to die—even a room" (217)?
i think that the house should be considered as a character because it has a working system. It also plays an important part in the story and could be considered as the antagonist. In the case of the other household items, they shouldn't be considered as a character because they are a part of the house and therefore aren't a thing themselves. At some point in the story, the children beg to the house to not let the father shut it down, so the house could be considered like a living character. On the subject of what McClean said, which was "Nothing ever likes to die—even a room", i think that he was right because the room's ''thoughts'' were the same as the children's; therefore; it didn't want to be shut down or in other words, die.
Should we consider the house a character? How is it characterized? What about the other automatic equipment, especially when George turns it off? Do they seem like living characters when he "kills" them? What do you think about McClean's comment that "Nothing ever likes to die—even a room" (217)?
i think that the house should be considered as a character because it has a working system. It also plays an important part in the story and could be considered as the antagonist. In the case of the other household items, they shouldn't be considered as a character because they are a part of the house and therefore aren't a thing themselves. At some point in the story, the children beg to the house to not let the father shut it down, so the house could be considered like a living character. On the subject of what McClean said, which was "Nothing ever likes to die—even a room", i think that he was right because the room's ''thoughts'' were the same as the children's; therefore; it didn't want to be shut down or in other words, die.
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