Characterization In All Summer In A Day By Ray Bradbury

The characterization of the characters in All Summer in A Day helps show the flaws in human nature by the way Bradbury makes the children so quick to disagree with Margot. One example is when Bradbury is describing Margot’s appearance. Margot was a “very frail girl” who appeared as though she was left in the rain and it had “washed out the blue from her eyes” and “the yellow from her hair”(Bradbury pg. 2). This shows how Margot was different from the others by the way Bradbury details Margot’s appearance as a dreary colorless person. It shows that she was seen as an outsider that was different from the rest. Another example is when Bradbury is talking about the children that live on Venus. Margot was different from the rest of the children,
One example is when the children back Margot into a closet and lock her in. The children “caught her and bore her… back into a closet, where they slammed and locked the door.” (Bradbury pg. 3) Then ran back down the tunnel to the teacher smiling maliciously. This shows the theme by the way the children act towards Margot. They are so mean to her just because she believes in something that they don’t. Another example of the theme is after the children go outside for the first time in seven years and then they remember that Margot was still in the closet. The children suddenly realize that Margot was “still in the closet where we locked her” and stood as if “someone had driven them into the floor.” (Bradbury pg. 4) This shows the theme through the way Bradbury describes the children’s reaction when they realize that Margot had missed the sun because of them. They finally realized that they were wrong to treat her that way, and felt extremely guilty for being so disrespectful to her. The theme helps show the flaws in human nature by how the children treat Margot through the