Jealousy could also be a dominant theme in the story it shows up often and is proven throughout the story.
The kids are very Jealous of Margot and think it is unfair she has seen the sun therefore, they lock her up. So the kids lock her in a closet so she can not see the sun. In the end they are sad that they hurt her and feel bad that she didn’t see the sun. All Margot ever wanted was to see the sun and she never got to because of the actions of her classmates. Their jealousy drove them over the edge and made them result in unnecessary actions. Certainly it could be said jealousy is the theme while this is a good point, it fails to account for kids being unthankful shows up
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Although Jealousy is a good theme the best theme is to be thankful for what they have. Although the kids have never seen the sun before in their lives. They shouldn’t be so unthankful that they hurt other people in the process to get what they want. Seeing the sun is not the most important thing in their lives and they have other things to be happy about. They have a nice school and they live on a newly discovered planet. The kids should think about what they have to be thankful for rather than what they don’t have. Ray Bradbury’s All Summer in a Day teaches readers to be thankful for what they have. Readers should learn from All Summer in a Day and be thankful for what they have. even though the kids from Venus were not thankful.