Faith In All Summer In A Day By Ray Bradbury

I think a recurring theme in “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury is faith. The story revolves around faith or lack thereof. The children act out and shun Margot because they’re afraid to have faith. On the contrary, Faith is all Margot has. The entire storyline happens the way it does is because of their struggles with faith. I think one of the concepts Bradbury is trying to get at is that the fear of faith, and what we do without faith is destructive. The children are afraid. They don’t want to be disappointed so they live with a ‘seeing is believing’ kind of mentality. It shows them already being disappointed when Margot talks about them dreaming of the sun. “and she knew they were dreaming and remembering gold or a yellow crayon or a coin big enough to buy the world.” but soon after she says “then they always awoke to the tatting drum, and their dreams were gone.” This shows them already experiencing the disappointment of the rain coming once again, a rain they can’t escape from. So when they can control it, the children stop themselves from ‘dreaming’. So that they never have to
As for the children, it shows all of their actions only support that a person without faith can oftentimes be a dangerous and self-destructive one. They don’t think ahead. They acted out of blind rage, their emotions taking over. Then the sun really did come. The children forgot about margot locked in the dark closet, they forgot about their previous disbelief and emotional turmoil. They played and danced in the rare sunshine, having the time of their lives. But soon enough, the rain falls once again. The children rush inside only to remember margot. They realize their mistake(s) and regret everything. “They could not meet each other’s faces glances. Their faces were solemn and pale. They looked down at their hands and feet, their faces