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    children were crushed in the great thick windows”. We hardly get rain in Phoenix AZ. When we get rain everybody gets happy. Teachers open there classroom doors and sometimes let their students take a look. Children can be cruel is the theme in “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury. The author illustrates that kids sometimes do whatever they want‚ as the theme through the story. The author illustrates his theme with figurative language. “They turned on themselves‚ like a feverish wheel‚ all tumbling spokes”

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    “Tell me‚ what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?’ This last line of the poem “The Summer Day” by Mary Oliver reminds the reader that life is what you make of it. Only I am responsible for my experiences and/or consequences. Unfortunately‚ I can’t control the attitudes or actions of others but myself. We all can meditate and send positive vibes but the people around us will always suffer pain and disbelief. Everything that happens is from a greater influence outside of

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    Ralph Waldo Emerson once stated‚ “The only way to have a friend is to be one.” However‚ some people advise not to be a friend and treat others unfairly. “All Summer in a Day” is a science fiction‚ short story written by Ray Bradbury. In the story‚ the sun is about to come out‚ even though it has been seven years with only rain and no glimpse of the sun. There 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

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    “All a joke!” said the boy‚ and seized her roughly. In the story All summer in A Day‚ a short story by Ray Bradbury‚ Margot‚ a small timid girl gets one of her wishes ripped away from her. It was the first day in seven years that the sun would appear in the planet of Venus. Everybody in Margot’s class didn’t believe the stories she told them from when she lived on planet Earth. The day th sun would be coming out‚ Margot told the class what was going to happen‚ but as usual they just ignored her and

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    living in a world where it rained everyday and the sun hadn’t been seen in 7 years‚ but one girl who had moved from Earth remembered the sun. Would you be jealous? Even if you were it wouldn’t escalate right? Well‚ I wouldn’t be too sure. All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury‚ many people live on Venus and the sun has not been seen in seven years. Margot‚ a nine year old girl‚ had moved to Venus from Earth 5 years ago and she remembers and misses the sun. She is the only student in her class who has

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    In the story “All Summer in a Day”‚ Ray Bradbury uses comparisons‚ sentence variety and descriptive word or sentences to show that the sun is important in the children’s lives. The story is about children who live on venus and have never seen the sun because it only comes out every 7 years. But there is this girl named margot who she claims she has seen the sun and the other children in the class don’t believe her so‚ before the sun comes out for the first time in 7 years the other kids lock her

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    attention‚ almost always the message that comes out at the end is different than the message the game started with. Ray Bradbury‚ a popular science fiction author of the 1900s‚ wrote a story that 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

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    Exploring the life of an ordinary girl and discovering her emotions is the main theme in the novel One Whole and Perfect Day‚ by Australian author‚ Judith Clarke. The book‚ aimed at young adult readers‚ portrays an important moral message that advances the readers knowledge of growing up. Irritating and stressful problems arise in this novel‚ which are faced generally by the main character‚ Lily. She experiences changes throughout the novel as she overcomes the challenges of maturing to an adult

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    The sun is shining no matter what? Wow‚ maybe if we remember that‚ we can stay optimistic no matter what situation. In the story “All Summer in a Day‚” and the piece of art titled “Dancing in the Sun‚” the theme “The sun is always shining” is used. Have you ever been in a good mood but then someone tries to ruin your world? Even though they fail unsuccessfully? This means the sun shining even though you cannot see it. Sometimes‚ at night‚ she heard them stir‚ in remembrance‚ and she knew they were

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    Death is also a key theme in the novel Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger. In Perfect Day for Bananafish‚ as a result of war‚ Seymour suffers from the implied PTSD and is considered mentally unstable by his wife’s mother. Traumatized by the war‚ Seymour chooses to isolate himself from the real world with adults‚ to interact instead with young and innocent child like Sybil whose naiveté allows her to see the “bananafish” invented by Seymour. Only by living within the confines of his safe parameter is Seymour

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