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All Summer In A Day By Ray Bradbury

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In the short story, “All Summer in a Day,” by Ray Bradbury, our protagonist, Margot, gets harassed by her classmates for several reasons. On Venus, there is a 2 hour period every 7 years of constant rain where the sun comes out. Since Margot moved to Venus 5 years ago, she can remember the sun and has full memories of it. Margot is tormented by her classmates, the antagonists, simply because of their jealousy. This emotion empowers the behavior of Margot’s classmates, leading them to regret their actions. Margot’s classmates display many acts of jealousy throughout the story. Being on Venus their whole lives, Margot’s classmates came to the planet when they were two years old, and don't have any relevant memories of the sun, but Margot has first hand memories of what the sun is like from when she was on Earth. Her classmates had their last encounter with the sun at two years old, and they have long forgotten their memories of the sun, creating this jealousy of Margot’s knowledge. “‘It’s like a penny,’ she said once, eyes closed. ‘No it’s not!’ the children cried. ‘It’s like like a fire,’ she said, ‘in the stove.’ ‘You’re lying, you don’t remember!’ cried the children”(2). As Margot shares memories of the sun with the class, the children deny she remembers, even though they know it's true. Even though Margot’s classmates are jealous of her knowledge, they still cared to listen. Margot has these memories of Earth, which unleashed envy inside the students because she

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