My Summer : The First Day Of Summer

The story of Summer, by David Updike, is set during that idyllic time in life when responsibility is the last word on anyone's mind. And yet, as with all human affairs, responsibility is an ever-present and ever-necessary aspect to life. What happens when the protagonist, Homer, loses his awareness of a certain personal responsibility to maintain self-control? Homer's actions increasingly make him act foolishly, internally and externally. Also, how does Homer return to a sense of sanity and responsibility? To a degree, I would say that he does.

Character traits in books are a very essential element and without them, books would not be books. They provide people with an example that they may follow in order to live a good life. Some books serve as life lessons to show people how some characteristics can bring downfall to some people if they do not follow the rules. Throughout Last Days of Summer, by Steve Kluger, the characters possess many characteristics that can help us in our everyday life, most importantly, patience.

That first day of school that morning was filled with nerves, and heading into the school year.  I was ready as usual and as soon as the bus came, waved to my parents as usual. The bus ride

The short sci-fi story All Summer in A Day by Ray Bradbury is about being treated as an outcast and reveals the alienating effects that it may have. Sometimes this treatment is brought on by others. In this case, Margot is treated in this harsh manner because she isn’t the same as her classmates and they desire to have the life experiences that she has. Being outcast may not be the only main theme for this story in each reader’s mind. All Summer in A Day provides a multitude of possible themes. This may be the case, however, the children’s physical and emotional abuse of Margot is extreme and justifies this theme. As the time draws nearer for the sun to rise, Margot’s classmates become more brash and crue and at that moment, Margot is exponentially different from the other children in hr class. This concept of being outcast and

We have observed two different short stories, one called “Examination Day” by Henry Slesar, and another called “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury. “Examination Day” is about how when a person becomes 12 years old they have to take an examination determining their intelligence. Anyone with an intelligence above the norm is considered unacceptable. Anyone smarter than the norm is eliminated. The story focuses on a very intelligent boy taking his Examination, and getting killed for being too smart. The story “All Summer in a Day” is about a colony on Venus that faces constant rain and the sun shining once every 7 years. The story focuses on a girl Margot, from earth who is harassed by the others on Venus since she remembers the sun being

In “Searching for Summer” Joan Aiken uses details to portray the dark, negative, worldly mood and the happy, bright, and energetic mood of the different settings. The negativity surrounding the people of England, and the world, have drastically changed their whole lives and have made the world even harder to live in. A cloud of obscurity and anguish that was caused by war is blocking the rays of bliss and delight; however one couple is determined to find “a bit of sun” pg. 66 that will change their lives forever.

Try conceptualizing a world with perpetual rain. This is the world that Bradbury creates in his short story, “All Summer In a Day. A group of scientists and their children live on Venus, a planet that only sees the sun for an hour every seven years. The kids that immigrated here are only 9 years old. They do not remember the sun, as they have only seen the sun once, 7 years ago. But, there is a girl named Margot. Unlike the other kids, she was born on earth and moved to Venus 5 years ago. She has distinct memories of the sun. This causes her to stand out from the other kids. The loss of the sun causes her to grieve. The children living on Venus treat Margot mercilessly in jealousy due to her prior knowledge and experiences. This causes Margot to be a victim of depression, harassment, and denial.

cowering over in self-pity, fear, and anger, I vowed to live life to the fullest. I threw myself into my studies and I have lived life day by day constantly reminding myself that everything is temporary; emotions, thoughts, people, and scenery. As time marches on, I realize that my attitude and mindset throughout this hiccup in my life has defined me as a strong, positive, and passionate young adult. As Shakespeare said, "The world is an oyster", it's up to me to make the most out of life in any situation and I am doing just

My soda bottle character is the main character from Two Summers named Summer. Summer is 15 years old and she has brown hair and eyes. Summer usually wears jeans and short sleeved shirt. Her parents are separated and her dad lives in France but Summer and her mom live in upstate New York. Her dad wants her to come live him for the summer. She goes to France bot her dad is not there so she has to come home. The first prop is a camera, I chose this prop because she loves taking pictures and she is in a college photography class. The second prop is a bike, I chose this prop because this is how she gets around and to her best friends house and work. This is how I describe Summer and how she

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.

It was the day of the surgery, I was so nervous that I could have passed out at any moment from my anxiety. I felt sicker then I had in years, I would have thrown up if I had had any food to eat in the past twenty-four hours. When me and my family got to the hospital my anxiety went up another level and I was practically shaking, the smell of all the chemicals they use wasn’t helping my nausea any either. When I was in the room getting ready for surgery I was overwhelmed with what was about to happen so I ended up confiding in my mom that

There are people in the world who are willing to fight and give their all to be able to soar like a free eagle. Julia Alvarez developed her theme of freedom in her narrative “My First Free Summer”

In 2012 I started my year like a regular 6th trying to participate in the new activities the middle school offered. Unfortunately, that same year was when I had my second hip surgery. I was born with a displaced hip, as a toddler I had my first surgery. But as I grew up, my femur slid out of its socket. Therefore, I had to get another surgery done in March of 2012. The complex surgery was four hours long. They remolded my hip to lock in the femur in place with six pins; each pin was six inches. I was frightened because I could lose an immense amount of blood since they were cutting my hip bone and remaking my hip. After the surgery, I was in intensive care for three days. I stayed a week in the hospital with an epidural in my back injecting morphine every

Rain, Rain and more rain. That's how it is on the fictional planet of Venus created by Ray Bradbury, author of “All Summer in a Day.” In the story the author takes the point of view of Margot, a 9 year old girl who used to live on the planet Earth, transferred to Venus. She attends an underground school with many children who were born on Venus. The children don't like Margot because she has seen the sun, which comes every seven years on the planet of Venus. This causes problems between the children and Margot, which shows later in the story. During the field trip where the children get to see the sun, the children locked Margot in the closet based off pure spite. They didn't know that the field trip was going to be the sun, and they thought it would be cool to lock her in the closet because nobody like the depressed girl who had seen the sun before. The author clearly wants the reader to know that Jealousy can affect people´s judgements, this is shown when Margot is depressed, harassed and isolated by the children.