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Bullying On Venus: All Summer In A Day By Ray Bradbury

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Bullying on Venus "Students who experience bullying are at increased risk for poor school adjustment, sleep difficulties, anxiety, and depression."(Center for Disease Control, 2015) Bullying effects everyone is the theme of the short story "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury. In this story it shows how a young girl named Margot is being bullied for remebering the sun. While she is being bullied everyone feels remorse for not stoping what was happening to her. When this children were bulling the girl they did nothing to stop it. The unfortunate events did not only effect Margot, but it effected the children because of the remorse and self-pity they have bestowed on themselves.

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