Throughout the short story “The Veldt,” Bradbury uses foreshadowing to communicate the consequences of the overuse of technology on individuals. Lydia Hadley is the first of the two parents to point out the screaming. which are 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 broken in. the nursery, but this time both parents hear them. This is a great moment of foreshadowing as Lydia points out that “Those screams, they sound familiar” (Bradbury 6). At this point, Bradbury suggests that George and Lydia heard the screams. screams before. He also includes a play on words by saying that they are "terribly familiar" (Bradbury 6) and giving the word "terribly" two meanings. In the end, we realize that "the screams are not only terribly familiar, but they are too." familiar as well as horrible” (Kattelman). When the children break into the nursery, even after George has locked it, Bradbury lets the reader know that the children are so dependent on technology that they cannot even get through a night without it. The screams foreshadow that something terrible is going to happen because of this technology. In the short story, small things are mentioned that foreshadow what is about to happen. Screaming is one of the main things. When George enters the nursery after Wendy and discovers that it is now a forest full of color, there is a moment of doubt that perhaps there never was Africa or lions after All. George proves the suspicions wrong once he "picked up something that was in the corner near where the lions were" (Bradbury). Bradbury describes the wallet as being... middle of 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 they become distant 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. Internet. January 31, 2014. Bradbury, Ray. “The Veldt”. 1950. Digital file. Hart, Joyce. “Critical essay on “The Veldt”. » News for students. Ed. Ira Mark Milne. Flight. 20. Detroit: Gale, 2005. Information Resource Center. Internet. January 31, 2014. Kattelman, Beth. “Critical essay on “The Veldt”. » News for students. Ed. Ira Mark Milne. Flight. 20. Detroit: Gale, 2005. Information Resource Center. Internet. January 31. 2014.