All Summer In A Day Analysis

Imagine being an outsider since you were four. Imagine seeing your whole life change so suddenly, and for the worse. Margot, a nine year old girl, has been emotionally damaged from the atmosphere she lives in. All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury depicts a future in which it is possible for humans to settle on a different planet, specifically Venus. The weather on Venus is a large component of the short story, as it never changes. For as long as the children living there can remember, Venus’ clouds cover the bright yellow sun, and huge droplets fall from the sky. Only once, every seven years for one hour, the sun shines brightly on Venus, revealing itself to the nine year old children living there. The main character, Margot, is the only one who remembers the feeling of the sun, since knows the feeling of earth (as she was born there), while the others have remained curious their entire lives. A lesson portrayed from All Summer in a Day is that jealousy stems from your own pain, but acting from it will cause remorse. Towards the beginning of the short story, Bradbury describes an activity the children need to do in school. All have to write a poem predicting what the sun will look like, and the reaction to Margot’s poem foreshadows the jealousy that the children feel. “I think the sun is a flower, That blooms for just one hour. That was Margot’s poem, read in a quiet voice in the still classroom while the rain was falling outside. ‘Aw, you didn’t write that!’ protested one