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    We rely on technology nowadays to do simple tasks for us like dry our hair, research answers on the web, and watch television for entertainment and for the news. Technology is being over used for very simple things, what if we relied on them too much as a whole for us to forget doing simple task? Would it be helpful to us that we rely on technology to do everything for us? In the story "The Veldt", the author Ray Bradbury communicates that the misuse of technology can lead to unforeseen disadvantages

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    The Veldt Essay We rely on technology nowadays to do simple tasks for us like dry our hair, research answers on the web, and watch television for entertainment and for the news. Technology is being over used for very simple things, what if we relied on them too much as a whole for us to forget to do simple tasks? Would it be helpful to us that we rely on technology to do everything for us? In the story "The Veldt", the author Ray Bradbury communicates that the misuse of technology can lead to unforeseen

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    Many people would argue that society has become oblivious to the side effects of indulging in materialistic objects. Although Ray Bradbury wrote the story “The Veldt” over 50 years ago, he discusses this timeless issue of people caring more for materialistic objects than each other. In Bradbury’s short story “The Veldt”, the children in the family, Wendy and Peter, have relied on the technological objects they have too much, and will do anything to keep them despite being told no by their parents

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    “The Veldt” was first published in 1951. Some other works of Ray Bradbury is The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, and Fahrenheit 451. He is known for writing about science fiction. Ray Bradbury likes to write about the future and how technology will corrupt humans. The Veldt is about a family who lives in a technologically advanced house that corrupts the children to eventually kill their parents. Bradbury adds many different symbols into “The Veldt” such as names to symbolizes the character’s

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    Today, some children have had a tendency to favor materialistic items over respect for parents; however, Ray Bradbury, the author of “The Veldt” disagrees with this concept. Bradbury believes that when children are too involved in items, they become brainwashed and it has a negative effect on society. Mr. and Mrs. Hadley (the parents) from “The Veldt”, struggle to discipline their kids, which results in the children not having a priority to respect them. Through using allusions, setting, and technology

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    Critical Analysis of "The Veldt"

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    “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury deals with some of the same fundamental problems that we are now encountering in this modern day and age, such as the breakdown of family relationships due to technology. Ray Bradbury is an American writer who lived from 1920 to 2012 (Paradowski). Written in 1950, “The Veldt” is even more relevant to today than it was then. The fundamental issue, as Marcelene Cox said, “Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood

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    features and climate 1. Lake Eyes is in South Australia 2. Pink Lake is in Western Australia 3.Gippsland lakes in Victoria Australia 4.Murray River in New South Wales,Victoria and South Australia 5.Darling River in New South Wales 6.Swan River in Western Australia 7.Mouth Kosciusko in New South Wales 8.Mouth Hotham in Victoria 9.Mouth Townsend in New South Wales 10.Great Victoria Desert in South Australia 11.Great Sandy Desert in north west of Western Australia 12.Simpson Desert in Northern Territory

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    City of Greater Shepparton is situated 191 km away from Melbourne and in Northern Victoria it is a large city. The population is about 230,000 with major industry, hence providing employment and service. Therefore agriculture is a favourable and major production area. It is forecasted agriculture will play a significant role in the development and growth of northern Victoria. Recent years the region was affected with a range of challenge in drought, flood, and implementation of Murray Darling

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    environments; the locality recognises the need to maintain and enhance Jan Juc - Torquay green spaces and beaches (Figure 1 & 2). Figure 1 (left), Jan Juc Surf beach, (source, Plan Book Travel, accessed 10 September 2016) Figure 2 (right) Torquay Victoria (source, Australia Tour Guide, accessed 10 September 2016) The Jan Juc - Torquay region is experiencing growth greater than the Victorian average (SurfCoast, 2012). The vision to house a diverse range of dwelling types and accommodate for a broad

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    However when the data is presented in terms of states, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia, differences between CV90 and CR90 are evident. The lowest CV90 is Queensland with 43kg nitrate-N/ha, followed by South Australia with 55kg nitrate-N/ha and the highest value is for Victoria at 62kg nitrate-N/ha. Corresponding to the CV90 values are the CR90 values with Queensland 39-48kg nitrate-N/ha, SA 50-61kg nitrate-N/ha and Victoria 47-82kg nitrate-N/ha. Whilst Queensland and South Australia have

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