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    Nine year old Margot is getting bullied for being different- and seeing the sun.Some differences can lead to jealousy. Margot always writes her own poems about the sun. Whenever she reads them out loud the kids oic on her. “Aw‚ you didn’t write that.” protested one of the boys. “ I did‚ said Margot‚ I did.” They didn’t believe her. “What are you looking at?” said William. Margot said nothing‚ “Speak when you are spoken too.” Spoke William. All of the kids didn’t like Margot. The reason

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    short story “All Summer in a Day”‚ the author Ray Bradbury uses sensory imagery such as sight and sound to describe the setting of his version of planet Venus and to describe the children. He then uses the absence of sensory imagery when describing Margot to create contrast which helps us understand the idea that people who are different are ostracised and hated. With the use of sensory imagery‚ Ray Bradbury paints a picture in our minds of how the planet Venus in his story looks and sounds like

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    different beliefs and values. The author displays this theme through the use of figurative language‚ flashbacks‚ and conflict. When Margot describes the sun to her classmates‚ she tells them that “It’s like a penny”(2). She also tells them that “It’s like a fire… in the stove”(2). These quotes are examples of figurative language‚ similes specifically‚ that reveal how Margot sees the sun. Her view of the sun is very different from her classmates‚ who do not believe her description. To her‚ the sun

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    have been waiting for this moment all their lives. Margot‚ however‚ saw the sun when she was four‚ and hasn’t seen it since. This led to jealousy. The jealousy has led to mean and rude actions‚ which lead to sorrow and regret. Will jealousy get the best of them this time? William shows the biggest sign of jealousy. This makes his attitude‚ his normal‚ bratty. He is bratty towards the whole class‚ but mainly Margot. One example of this is‚ when Margot read her poem‚ “The

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    are some children on Venus‚ and in Margot’s class she is the only one who wasn’t born on Venus. This causes the others to make fun of her. The other children decide to lock Margot in a closet since she is the only one who believes the sun will be up for a couple of hours. After the children go out in the sun they allow Margot the rejoin them‚ only now the sun has gone and the rain returns. The symbolism shown in the story of the sun‚ the rain‚ and the closet in “All Summer in a Day” exhibits the

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    very briefly‚ maybe for 1 paragraph. Just write very important events of the story……. There was a one girl‚ Margot. Once she lived in the earth. And in the story‚ she transfered to the planet Venus. The Venus has strange weather that is rainy‚ no sunny during seven years. The children who lived in the Venus had no memory of the sun. Only one child who had lived in the Earth in the past‚ Margot had the memory of the sun. Other children hated her because she had frail body‚ pale face‚ ghost-like voice

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    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

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    because it comes out shortly every seven years. One girl however‚ Margot‚ remembers the sun from when she lived on Earth five years ago. One message from the story sheds light on the tone of the story‚ further describes this key secluded girl in the class‚ and introduces a conflict between the rest of the class and her that allows for more conflict later-on. The passage on page two first gives further incite to the main character‚ Margot. As written on page one‚ it states she is a nine year-old girl

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    Day‚ is about a girl who moved to the planet Venus with her family‚ and is the only kid who remembers the sun. The kids on Venus are jealous of Margot because the sun comes out every seven years‚ and she saw it five years ago‚ while the others saw it seven. For example‚ the kids on planet Venus are jealous of Margot because she’s seen the sun. Margot writes a poem about the sun‚ ¨ I think the sun is like a flower‚ That blooms for just one hour.¨‚ ¨ Aw‚ you didn’t write that!¨ This evidences shows

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    discussed this concept. His short story called “All Summer in a Day” is about a young Earth girl named Margot who has been living on a sunless Venus for most‚ but not all of her life. Margot is different than the other students in her class because she was born on Earth and remembers the sun. All in all‚ the story is about how seemingly small decisions can lead to disastrous outcomes. In the story Margot is locked in a closet during the small period of time Venus’ rain stops. The story’s theme is differences

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