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    Dark and gloomy clouds cover the gray sky as rain endlessly floods the planet Venus. No bright colors are to be found, and great jungles surround the entire planet and never stop growing. In a small school located on the drizzling planet , nine-year-old Margot stands apart from her fellow classmates, all of them waiting for the sun to come out again. 7 years ago was the sun’s last appearance, and the children on Venus eagerly wait for the sun to show itself one more time. However, they don’t entirely

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    story, “All Summer in a Day”, a group of scientists had journeyed to the planet Venus, an ever-raining world, to set up a civilization and continue with their lives. Many of the scientists are raising their offspring. One of the nine-year-old children is Margot. But instead of being born on Venus, she comes from warm, sunny Ohio; she came when she was four. She is considered different from the other children of Venus because she has memories of basking in the sunlight, while the others do not. Margot

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    They Were and Golden Eyed”, wrote stories with incredible details. His story “All Summer In a Day” takes place on the planet Venus where it is always dark and rainy. “All Summer In a Day” focuses on the main character Margot who has moved from Earth; it also focuses on how Margot’s previous life on Earth separates her from the other children. Bradbury uses the setting on Venus in an array of ways, all of which give the story more depth, he uses the location to “create” characters and to set the mood

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    at night is the fact that the sun will come out tomorrow, to experience it’s true glory, for the first time on the planet Venus. Unfortunately, she was locked in a closet by the envious bullies that were jealous of her superior experiences. In the story “All Summer In a Day” by Ray Bradbury, the main character, Margot, is upset because of the constant rain on the planet Venus, and the persistent torments by the envious bullies due to the jealousy that the children feel about her experiences. Thesis

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    All summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury a science fiction story about a girl named Margot who moved to Venus at a very young age of four. On Venus it always rains so Margot can only see the sun for two hours every seven years.In the beginning of All Summer in a Day,we find out that a girl named Margot gets bullied in her classroom. We also find out that Margot will be able to see the sun after five years. Soon after we find out that the children shoved Margot into a closet so she couldn't see the

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    Summer in a Day” has loneliness in it because their was this one girl that was from earth and moved to Venus. In Venus they only see the sun every seven years and for only two hours. Margot remembered what the sun looked like when she was back in Ohio but none of the kids believe her. So she was different from everyone and

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    The short story “All Summer in a Day” takes place on the planet Venus. It was written in March 1954 by Ray Bradbury. Bradbury’s life experiences influenced him to write “All Summer in a Day.”The story uses foreshadowing to reveal the themes of jealousy and isolation. Ray Bradbury went through several life events that led him to write the sci-fi short story “All Summer in a Day.” In Ray Bradbury’s early years he loved magicians and would regularly do science projects with his grandfather. He

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    All Summer in a Day The short story, “All Summer in A Day”, by Ray Bradbury, was written in 1954. This story is about how people live in a planet called Venus. In Venus, it always rains. The last time the sun came out was seven years ago. It is always rainy there and people are tired of seeing it rain. One of the major events that happens in this story is that one day the sun comes out, but not for long. The mood in the story shifts from exciting to defeated to remorseful. In the beginning of

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    with a story that takes place on the planet Venus. The environment of Venus is as described in this quote, “It had been raining for seven years; thousands upon thousands of days compounded and filled from one end to the other with rain, with the gush and gush of water...fall of showers and the concussion of storms so heavy they were tidal waves come over the islands…”(Bradbury, 1954) With an environment like this, what type of people would those on Venus be if they had never felt, saw, or experienced

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    Noya Zamir Period 1-2 November 9, 2017 All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury Literary Essay Can you imagine living with no sun, just stuck inside while it rained all day and all night? Margot is a girl that moved to Venuse 5 years ago from earth. Venus has no sun except once every 7 years for a few hours but Margot still remembers the sun and how it looks and feels and not having the sun makes Margot depressed. She is different and the kids are jealous that she remembers the sun unlike them so they

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