In the story, “The veldt” the author uses imagery, diction, and figurative language throughout the story to foreshadow the ending of “The Veldt” In summary, “The Veldt” is a story a family in a futuristic house with two very spoiled children. In the end, the children let their parents die because the children lock their parents in a “nursery” with lions. The story uses diction to foreshadow the ending from different choices of words and dialogue. This is shown from the quote, “Or it can’t respond,” said Lydia, “because the children have thought about Africa and lions and killing so many days that the room’s in a rut.” the word rut means a habit or pattern of behavior that has become dull and unproductive but is hard to change. Showing that the nursery is stuck in a cycle of murder of someone whose screams sound familiar to Mr and Mrs Hadley.…show more content… The story uses a metaphor when it compares the African Veldt to an oven in the quote, “this bake oven with murder in the heat.” and it foreshadows by mentioning murder in the grassland along with several “Familiar” screams. The story uses similes when it says, “That sun. He could feel it on his neck, still, like a hot paw.” the author describes george’s feeling with ‘a hot paw’ as if there was a lion with its paw around his
