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All Summer in a Day written by Ray Bradbury teaches us to not take our anger out on other people. All of the kids at the school were very mean to Margot for no reason. She did nothing to the kids, they got jealous beacuse she had seen the sun and remembered it. The kids also made fun of her for looking different, acting different and talking different.
The main pupose or theme of the short story is to not take your anger and jealousy out on others. One of the ways that the author shows this is when the kids are picking on Margot even from the beginning. Although all of the other kids had lived on the planet all their lives, Margot had lived in Ohio before coming to the planet, and remembered the sun clearly. All of the kids were jealous of the fact that she remebered the sun, they were cruel to her.
Margot was made fun of for being different also, she looked different, talked different and acted different than than the rest of her classmates. They made fun of her because they were so desperate and jealous for the sun and margot had seen it.
Margot told all of the kids that the sun was going to come out that day. They did not believe her and locked her in a closet for saying it. When they were sitting down, the rain started to stop and the sun started to shine. The kids ran outside playing in the sun having a good time. It eventually stopped and they went back inside and totally forgot about Margot.
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In conclusion the main theme in All Summer in a Day is jealousy and jealousy can make people do crazy and hurtful

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