Summary Of All Summer In A Day

The children are painfully jealous of Margot, therefore, hurting her because of their own pain. Since Margot was different than the others and stood apart, one of her classmates shoved her and mocked her while she looked out at the rain. Margot didn’t respond to any of this jealousy, as it says in the text “But she did not move; rather she let herself be moved only by him and nothing else.” The kids kept mocking, shoving and yelling at Margot because she thought that the sun would come out. The problem progressed so much that the children grabbed Margot and locked her in the closet so she wouldn’t see the sun that just came out in seven years. That sentence in the text was “They surged about her, caught her up and bore her, protesting, and then pleading, and then crying back into a tunnel, a room, a closet, where they slammed and locked the door.” This shows how mean her classmates were, they knew that

Throughout the story, we continue to learn about Margot’s childhood, her backstory. For example, we learn that she lived on Earth until the age of four. She remembers the sun, unlike the other students on Venus. This factor of her life really shapes who she is as a person. It makes her act different. “She would play no games with them in the echoing tunnels of the underground city. If they tagged her and ran, she stood blinking after them and did not follow…”(Bradbury, pg. 2). The lack of sunshine and the continuous rain is hard to get used to for her.

In the story it states after the teacher walks in and asks “are we all here?” and the children reply “yes” this shows that because there was not enough control the seize the opportunity to tease Margot and lock her in the closet. It also states “ Get away! The boy gave her another push” this explains that if the teacher had been there she would not have let the children bully Margot, but because she was not the children were allowed to tease Margot and lock her in the closet showing that they need more control than what they currently

In the beginning of the story it said in paragraph 34-35 that after when William said something the kids said “You wouldn’t remember anything from that long ago”!. They were followers to William and not doing what they could have done and just stayed out of it or maybe even help out Margot instead of being mean to her like William. When it William put Margot in the closet they just followed instead of saying something or even going to get the teacher and tell on him and what he is doing.They were ruining their only way of happiness too because if they didn't follow in William's footsteps they would've been better off without him. In the end they were the ones who told him that Margot was in the closet they must've felt even worse at the end of the story because of what they realized what they have done to her. This is proof that the children changed in the

Going back to the last paragraph, I wrote about the scene where the kids locked Margot in the closet, and I described that scene as an act of betrayal. Even though that scene is an act of betrayal, I think the scene is also an act of jealousy. If the kids were not jealous of Margot, they would have never locked her in the closet. If the kids had decided to just be jealous and not take action, Margot would have still gotten to see the sun. After the kids locked Margot in the closet the kids got to go outside and enjoy the sun, the kids remembered about Margot. The rain had started up again, all the kids were gloomy and sad. But there was an incredible amount of regret and guilt filling up the kids. If the kids had never decided to take action, they would have never had to deal with the guilt and

Even though Margot may not have treated them with complete kindness, this is no way to interact with others. As the sun came closer, the children’s behavior got worse. “Hey everyone, let’s put her in the closet before teacher comes!” (Bradbury, paragraph 26) said one boy. Overall, this behavior that Margot’s classmates display is rude at the very least and violent at the most.

Number 1: Throughout the play Anne has different feelings towards each of her family members. As Anne becomes older in the play some of her feelings also start to change. Towards the beginning of the play Anne feels jealous of her sister Margot and often wishes she could change and be like her. Anne feels that her Mother likes and values Margot more than her. This of course makes Anne jealous and makes Anne more jealous of Margot.

Not only did they exclude her but they also hater her for her differences, for the absence of colour on “…her pale snow face, her waiting silence, her thinness and her possible future.” They acted on this hate and “…put her in a closet…” and caused her to miss the sun coming out. They excluded her from all the fun they had in the sun but more than that, they made her miss the event she had been looking forward to since she came to this planet five years ago. By showing us this, Ray Bradbury successfully explains to us how Margot is different from the rest of the children in the way she acts and because of this difference she is ostracised and hated.

The Holocaust was a horrible time for Jews and other cultures that were affected by the Holocaust and the Franks had to make choices that would help protect their family. As the Jews began to be persecuted by the Nazis, many Jews were worried about if they would be safe in Germany and the Franks moved to Amsterdam to get away for the persecution. Once the Franks got the letter for Margot's call up to go to a labor camp, the Franks decided to go into hiding. This could have gotten them in big trouble if the SS discovered them and they might of been killed but they risked that instead of letting Margot go to a labor camp. They did not know that three of them would not make it through the Holocaust. During their time in hiding in the Annex, four people chose to provide the Franks and the others hiding there with all the things they needed, even though helping Jews had serious punishments. The consequences were that the two men were arrested and taken to jail. The story of Anne Frank shows that taking dangerous risks by protecting your family and friends can have major

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.”

To begin with, the children show their jealousy by locking up Margot in a closet because of something she thought would happen that day. The scene starts off with Margot saying, “But this is the day, the scientists predict, they say, they know, the sun..” (Bradbury, 1954) One of the boys cut her off and don’t respond as well to what she says. By doing so, he and the rest of the children gang up on her to put her in a closet. As Margot refuses to be shoved in the closet, the author describes the following scene as, “They surged about her, caught her up and bore her, protesting, and then

After the children have played in the sun for two hours, they had realized that Margot was right. This supports my point because it gives specific information on how the children act when the teacher isn’t watching them. When the children acted out finally, the boy William, had pushed her and she didn’t move. They all crept away from her because it was a little creepy. This also supports my claim because the children are so swept up in their own jealousy that they bully her. This shows that children can and will be the next generations of

Anne Frank had trouble with her parents but she also had some things she could compare both parents. For instance they both did not care whether her reports were good or bad as long as she was well and happy. They both made her mad at times and they are both her parents whether she likes it or not. Each parent had their own way of viewing Anne and each one of them cared for Anne at least a little. It also seemed like they each had a favorite child Anne’s mummy had Margot as a Favorite it seemed and it also seemed as if Anne’s Father’s favorite was Anne.

One of the several results of the children’s jealousy towards Margot is her becoming isolated. “So after that, dimly, dimly, she sensed it, she was different and they knew her difference and kept away.” (Bradbury, 1954). The author uses repetition, particularly the repetition of the word “dimly”, to indicate that Margot was unaware of how different she was from the other children. After she rejects the shower though, she finally begins to understand why the children keep their distance from her. On the other hand, the children did try to include her in their games, but due to her depression, Margot withdraws herself from them. Ironically, the children themselves are acting this way because they are also isolated from others. From what can be seen in the story, the children sleep in the same room, and do not speak often with others. So when they can leave their proverbial prison, they jump at the opportunity. Bradbury writes, “Then wildly, like animals escaped from their caves, they ran and ran in shouting circles.” (Bradbury, 1954). The children’s isolation causes them to express their rage at Margot in unique forms. Meanwhile, Margot becomes depressed from her long seclusion from her classmates.

Since the children are so young they refuse to listen to the truth of what Margot says, and because of that she is hated. "No it’s not!" the children cried. "It’s like a fire," she said, "in the stove." "You’re lying, you don’t remember !" cried the children. But she remembered and stood quietly apart from all of them and watched the patterning windows.” This proves the stubbornness of the children because they refuse to acknowledge that even a little bit of what Margot is saying might be true. Because of this Margot is forced to keep her opinion to prove herself, but that only furthers the gap between her and the other children.