Peter and Wendy Hadley

In Ray Bradbury’s “The Veldt”, Peter and Wendy Hadley are George and Lydia Hadley’s “ten-year-old children” (p. 20, l. 4), which suggests that they are twins. The children have an innocent appearance that does not indicate anything about their murderous thoughts: “cheeks like peppermint candy, eyes like bright blue agate marbles” (p. 21, ll. 2-3). 

From George’s perspective, Peter and Wendy seem like typical children. For example, George’s thoughts suggest they are passionate about reading stories, and spend time in the nursery imagining everything they read about (p. 19, ll. 32-38). 

Lydia characterizes the children as “insufferable” (p. 23, l.1) and “spoiled” (p. 23, l. 2), “acting funny” (p. 23, l. 4) and “decidedly cool toward us” (p. 23, ll. 7-8), suggesting that the ...