Veldt Ray Bradbury
... Ray Bradbury was trying to make a specific point about the dangers of the new directions of our society, Television was becoming a baby sitter to children in many homes. ... Bradbury concentrates on his point and reduces the characters into universal "generic people". In the story the Veldt the setting of the nursery is mostly Africa. ... basic fact in the veldt is a cause-and-effect thing. ... The Veldt is, on the surface, simply a well- thought out tale of science fiction, but after careful analysis and thoughtful contemplation the reader soon identifies it as a genuine horror story.