What similar affects did the children in The Veldt experience? Discuss your own experiences with technology. For instance, how many devices do you use and how often do you use them? How do you think these devices affect and impact your relationships with other people? Have you grown dependent on your device? In what ways?

Which detail from the text best demonstrates the effect of totalitarianism on the animals? "progress was made in the dry frosty weather that followed." "it had been decided to build the walls three feet thick." "they were always cold, and usually hungry as well." "for a long time the quarry was full of snowdrifts and nothing could be done."

Read this excerpt from tim o’brien‘s “ambush” “i had already pulled the pin on a grenade. i had come to a crouch” which literary device is most clearly shown in this excerpt?

How many lynching took place in the south between 1877 and 1950