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The Theme Of All Summer In A Day Ray Bradbury

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Imagine living on a planet with endless rain. In the short story “All Summer In A Day”, The main character Margot, suffers from depression since she moved to Venus five years ago. Also, the children are jealous of Margot because she has a memory of the sun so they harass and bully her. The children on Venus treat Margot unfairly because of her differences. This is shown when they lock her in the closet, when they harass her and when they accuse her of lying about knowing what the sun looks like. The first way the children treat her unfairly is when they lock her in the closet. Bradbury writes "Hey, everyone, let’s put her in a closet before the teacher comes !" (Bradbury 1954) The authors use this to support unfair treatment of Margot because this shows how the other kids are jealous of Margot because she has a memory of the sun while they do not. Bradbury also uses this to show how jealousy can make people do things that aren’t right. The significant because it really shows how the …show more content…

The author uses similes show the reader how excited the kids are. Bradbury writes, “They looked at everything and savored everything. Then, wildly, like animals escaped from their caves, they ran and ran in shouting circles. They ran for an hour and did not stop running.” (Bradbury 1954) This is significant because it shows that Margot was right about what he sun looks like and the kids believe her now that they have seen the sun.
In conclusion, the first topic talks about when they lock Margot in the closet, the second topic talks about how they harass her, and the third topic is about how they accuse Margot of knowing what the sun looks like. The three topics I choose to write about all connected to the idea of bullying and depression. “All Summer In A Day” is a very interesting short story written by Ray Bradbury. It touches on the subject of bullying and how it can affect others mentally and

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