Examples Of Allusion In The Veldt

Allusion is an element that both authors use to show their perspective of technology but in a different way. The reason I use allusion to compare and contrast is because allusion can show w In the story, “The Veldt” uses allusion as a reference to the movie Aladdin where George, the father commands the nursery room to change into the theme of Aladdin. The quote that shows allusion is, “"Come on, room! I demand Aladin!" he said. Nothing happened. The lions mumbled in their baked pelts. "Aladin!" He went back to dinner. "The fool room's out of order," he said. "It won't respond."(Bradbury, p#) In this quote shows that when George wants to change into a more appropriate theme the technology itself has the mind of its own and does what it wants to do. On the other hand, “Reason” also uses the …show more content…
“That for the Master! Do as I say!” Cutie said nothing, nor did any other robot, but Donovan became aware of a sudden heightening of tension. The cold, staring eyes deepened their crimson, and Cutie seemed stiffer than ever.” In this quote shows that Donovan was commanding Cutie to do what he says although Cutie doesn’t do anything and has broken the second law of robotics. Looking at both stories that uses the element of allusion is that they both similarly show that when humans started to command the robots what they wanted them do they both refuse their orders and does only what they wanted to do. For instance, in the story “The Veldt” when George commands the nursery room to display the theme of Aladdin, it responds only in silence which is mysterious because the nursery room was programmed to play an image that a human would think in their mental brain. Also in the story “Reason” Cutie was also programmed to follow what Donovan and Powell say based on the second law of robotics which is to and unquestionably listen to what a person tells them to do.