Mood/Jealousy In The Short Story 'All Summer In A Day'

Ray Bradbury’s story “All Summer in a Day” starts out on a rainy day on the planet Venus. Although it wasn’t just that day that was rainy, it’s been rainy every day for seven years. As there was a time long ago when the sun casted on this rainy planet, the children on Venus could not remember. Except for one, Margot a young girl that had just arrived from Earth four years ago. She remembers the warmth and brightness of the sun while she lived in Ohio with her family. At her new school on Venus, Margot shares her memories of the sun with her classmates. Her classmates don’t remember the sun causing them to get jealous and them to hurt Margot later in the story. This suggests that when people can’t get over their

In All Summer In a Day by Ray Bradbury he uses the craft move of mood to describe the theme of jealousy. “She was an old photograph dusted from an album, whitened away, and if she spoke at all her voice would be a ghost,”(Bradbury 2). This relates to jealousy because this is what the people of Earth

The short story All Summer in A Day, by Ray Bradbury is about the power of jealousy and demonstrates if jealousy is not controlled, it will lead to regretful actions upon yourself. Jealousy is a key topic in the story, and in my opinion, is the main topic of the story. Although, there are other key topics in the story. All Summer in A Day is about a group of kids, who all their lives have been living in a world, Venus, with no sun and the constant sound of rain. Then there is Margot. Margot knows what it is like to have the sun shining down on her skin, she knows what it is like to feel the warm embrace of the sky. For the first time in seven years the sun is going to come out and everybody is extremely anxious and excited. The other kids are

Jealousy makes us see a blinding red . Jealousy is described in the two stories “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, and “All Summer In a Day” by Ray Bradbury. The story “Harrison Bergeron” is about the society wanting everyone to be the same so there is no room for jealousy, and “All Summer In a Day” is about a nine year old girl named Margot that argues with her classmates that the sun comes out every seven years. The moral of the two stories is that jealousy can blind you.

Some readers may argue that this story has a different theme altogether. They may say that the story is about jealousy or greed, speaking of the other children’s need to see the sun and envy of Margot for remembering it. This is because there’s many possible main themes for All Summer in A Day. Each reader will formulate a slightly different one. Some may even attempt to tie this story to abusive behavior, claiming that the way Margot is treated by her classmates is abusive. The main theme in each reader’s mind truly depends on the views and opinions of the person creating

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.

In everyday life jealousy occurs over an outfit, how you look, or a skill someone is really good at, and for some people jealousy will make them do negative things--things they would otherwise not do. In Ray Bradbury’s, Kij Johnson’s, and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.’s short stories they all represent jealousy throughout their stories. In “All Summer In a Day”, the children are jealous over Margot seeing and remembering the sun, were as they can’t remember. In “Ponies”, it talks about how Barbara is jealous of TheOtherGirls, and will do anything to fit in with them. In “Harrison Bergeron”, the society is based over the past years of people being “not equal”, so the Handicapper General made everyone equal so there would not be many outburst, but Harrison decides to rebel. In “All Summer In a Day”, “Ponies”, and “Harrison Bergeron” we learn that jealousy can make people act differently-- they could even go as far

Jealousy can occur naturally, or intentionally. It happens in our daily lives, and daily life shows us how jealousy can rule over actions. This emotion tactic is shown in Ray Bradbury’s, “All Summer in a Day,” in Kurt Vonnegut Jr. ’s, “Harrison Bergeron,” and in KIJ Johnson’s, “Ponies.”

Humans feeling or showing envy of someone or their achievements and advantages, that is jealousy. That trait is used in the story All Summer in a Day by the students. They are very jealous of Margot because she was born on earth and has seen the sun and they didn't. As it says in the text “I think the sun is a flower,That blooms for just one hour. That was Margot’s poem, read in a quiet voice in the still classroom while the rain was falling outside.

Ray Bradbury's short story all summer in a day, shows that jealousy can lead you to do evil things. The kids in the story were very disrespectful to Margot because they had known she had come from earth. Just because she had experienced the sun it doesn't mean they can be rude. The kids were rude to her because they thought it was unfair and she deserved to be treated that way. Margot kept taunting the kids and kept explaining how amazing the sun was, therefore, the kids got jealous and treated her poorly.

The short story All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury teaches the reader that envy is a powerful and harmful emotion that overcomes compassion and kindness causing the envious person to perform rash and damaging actions towards the person they are jealous of. In the story, Margot’s classmates envy her because she has experienced the sun while they have not. To hurt Margot they denied that she really knew what the sun was like, making her feel smaller and more insignificant than she already felt. Others may think the story is really about depression and how it causes Margot to be isolated, and causes the others to tease and bully her. However that is not so, Margot is only hurt because they are envious towards her.

Kids can be  cruel when they are envious as shown in the short story, “All Summer In A Day,” by Ray Bradbury. The sun is what makes Margot happy, and when that gets taken away from her. In this short story there is several acts of cruelty to Margot by her classmates. These kids live in the planet of Venus, and they haven’t seen the sun in seven years, except for Margot. The kids are only nine years old so they haven’t seen the sun since they were two years old, but Margot moved there from Earth when she was four and she remembers the sun and that makes the other kids envious. In the beginning of the story it is the day that the sun is supposed to come out for the first time in seven years! The kids were skeptical except for Margot because she wanted to see it so bad. The kids were starting to prepare for the sun to come out but they were sitting inside waiting. While they were waiting the kids decided to lock Margot in a closet and not let her out. When the sun came out all the kids ran outside to play in the sun that felt so warm and nice on their skin, except for Margot, who was sitting inside in the dark closet. When the kids came back inside they felt sorry for leaving Margot in there. Envy can lead people to commit awful acts and cause shame as demonstrated throughout the character's actions in, “All Summer In A Day.”

“It has been raining for seven years; thousands upon thousands of days compounded and filled from one end to the other with rain, with the drum and gush of water, with the sweet crystal fall of showers and the concussion of storms so heavy they were tidal waves come over the islands.” (Bradbury, 1954) In the dystopian story, “All Summer In A Day” by Ray Bradbury, it takes place on the planet, Venus. A group of children, along with scientists get to live there, while being educated at the underground school. Margot, who is only 9 years old, wasn't born on Venus like the other children, but instead on Earth. She’s the only one who remembers how the sun felt through her skin and how beautiful it shined. On the contrary, the other children are jealous of her because she has some memory of the sun, while they don’t. Jealousy caused the children to harass, isolate, and make her depressed.

In “All Summer in a Day” By Ray Bradbury, the theme “Jealousy” Is evident throughout. “All Summer in a Day” is a dystopian future, the setting on Venus, and unusually, on Venus the Sun only comes out every 7 years, for 2 hours. Ray Bradbury made “All Summer in a Day” A depressing story, because the main character “Margot”, Is the only one out of her classmates who remember what the sun is like, since she came from Earth, and had only moved to Venus 5 years before, so her classmates are jealous because she remembers the Sun. One particular boy, “William”, Gets annoyed of her belief that the sun will come out. “William” and the other children push Margot into a cupboard underground, where she is for over 2 hours.

The tale of “The Ugly Duckling” has been told for many generations. It is the story of a little swan that is mistakenly hatched in a duck’s nest and because of his strange and different appearance he is teased and ridiculed. Even his mother can’t understand how this “ugly duckling” could be one of her own. The ugly duckling goes through many hardships and a long, lonely winter. Then upon seeing his reflection in the pond he realizes that he has become a beautiful swan and happily swims off, joining a group of nearby swans.