WRITE YOUR NAME IN THE
UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF
YOUR PAPER.
ON THE TOP LINE, WRITE “THE VELDT”
1. In your own words,
explain what satire is.
2. What is being satirized in
the clip from Star Trek?
3. Think about the books
you read (or were read to
you) when you were a child.
Identify one that includes
satire.
4. (3 parts)
a. What aspects of contemporary
family life do the “Happy Home”
and the nursery satirize?
b.
What exactly have the Hadleys
“purchased” for their $30,000
home (plus $15,000 extra for the
nursery?
c.
What do the amenities of the
“Happylife Home” offer them?
What is “The Veldt”?
Any of the open
grazing areas of
southern Africa.