Throughout the story “The Veldt,” Bradbury uses foreshadowing to convey the consequences of excessive use of technology on individuals. Lydia Hadley is the first of the two parents to point out the screams that can be heard in the distance where the lions are. George soon dismisses them when he says he didn't hear them. After George locks the nursery and everyone is supposed to be in bed, the screaming is heard again insinuating that the children have entered the nursery, but this time both parents hear them. This is a great moment of foreshadowing as Lydia points out that “Those screams sound familiar” (Bradbury 6). that George and Lydia have already heard the screams. He also includes a play on words by saying that they are "terribly familiar" (Bradbury 6) and giving the word "terribly" two meanings the screams are not only terribly familiar, but they are also familiar and terrible" (Kattelman). When the children break into the children's room, even after George locks it, Bradbury lets the reader know that the children rely so heavily on technology that they can't even go a night without it. The screams foreshadow that something terrible is about to happen to because of this technology. Little things are mentioned in the story that foreshadow what is about to happen. The screams are one of the main things. When George enters the bedroom after Wendy and finds that it is now a forest full of colours, there is a moment of doubt that perhaps Africa or lions never existed after all. George proves the suspicions wrong once he "picked up something lying in the corner near where the lions had been" (Bradbury). Bradbury describes the wallet as having... half a paper... like their parents. Love for a machine can never be as real as love for another human being. The fact that children have more affection towards machines means that the relationship between them and other human beings is not strong enough and therefore they distance themselves from the rest of the world. Works Cited Bernardo, Jr., Anthony J. “The Veldt.” Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition (2004): 1-3. Literary reference center. Network. January 31, 2014.Bradbury, Ray. "The Veldt." 1950. Digital file.Hart, Joyce. "Critical Essay on 'The Veldt.'" Short Stories for Students. Ed. Ira Mark Milne. vol. 20. Detroit: Gale, 2005. Literature Resource Center. Network. January 31, 2014. Kattelman, Beth. "Critical Essay on 'The Veldt.'" Short Stories for Students. Ed. Ira Mark Milne. vol. 20. Detroit: Gale, 2005. Literature Resource Center. Network. January 31st. 2014.