Perhaps the most prominent example of irony in the story is the fact that the Hadley parents, George and Lydia, are so proud of their technologically advanced home and its ability to provide their children with anything they could ever want or need, yet they are completely oblivious to the negative impact that this technology is having on their children.
- The nursery is supposed to be a safe and nurturing environment for children, but in this case it is a place where their darkest fantasies are brought to life, leading to their psychological and emotional harm.
- The technology that is supposed to make their lives easier and more enjoyable actually enslaves them and eventually leads to their deaths.
- The children, Peter and Wendy, are initially presented as innocent and well-behaved, but their exposure to the technology in the nursery corrupts them and turns them into savage killers.
- George and Lydia's fear and distrust of nature is ultimately what leads to their demise. They believe that the natural world is dangerous and unpredictable, but it is actually the technology that they have embraced that proves to be their undoing.