Cruelty In Ray Bradbury's All Summer In A Day

In Ray Bradbury's science fiction short story "All Summer in a Day", we see that cruelty in society is fueled by the jealousy of those who have less than others through the treatment of the children towards Margot. For example, Margot is standing apart from the other children in the group while they are laughing and having fun as explained, “Margot stood alone.”. This piece of evidence is important because, the difference between Margot and the children is that she has seen the sun and they have not, which shows us that the children are jealous that Margot has seen the sun and are making her an outcast to make themselves feel better. Margot standing away from the others also shows us she fears the other children tormenting her out of jealousy and the weak will not be able to defend themselves from the evil in the masses. In addition, Margot's explanations and
The reason for this behavior is that the children's envy of Margot poisons their mind and makes them feel like Margot has something they do not have, which is seeing the sun, and they need to make it even and not let her see the sun; the children therefore exhibiting Hammurabi's "Eye for an eye" policy by locking her up. The children stuffing Margot in the closet displays the "State of War" nature in humans, for the jealousy in the children is making them feel like Margot is intentionally hurting them which makes them display an act of revenge by locking her in the closet, resulting in a "State of War". The children's behavior to Margot displays multiple acts of cruelty which buds from their jealousy towards her, showing us that society must change their views on new ideas and different types of people, and only then can we as humanity take a step to making our world