Connor Robinson
Miss Morrow
Ch. Language arts- 7th hour
23 February 2023
Exploring metaphors in “All Summer in a Day”
The Sun is something we have seen and felt our entire lives. As children, we run and play in the Sun, and as adults, we sit with the person we love and watch the sunrise. When we turn old we sit and relax in the Sun, remembering how many memories we have had with the Sun, watching over them. For most of us, it is impossible to imagine what life would be like without it, but this is just how life is for the children of Venus.“All Summer In A Day” is about a group of children that live on the planet, Venus. On Venus, the Sun only ever comes out once every 7 years, so the children have not seen the Sun since they were only 1 or 2 years old. In “All Summer In a Day”, Ray Bradbury uses metaphors to show how impactful the Sun and rain are to characters in the story.
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Here the text states, “They were dreaming and remembering a gold or a yellow crayon or a coin large enough to buy the world with...they remembered a warmness, like a blushing in the face, in the body, in the arms and legs.” (Bradbury 1). Even though they barely remember the Sun, it is still such a big part of what makes them human. The Sun is what keeps the children going even if they don't know
In “All Summer in a Day,” the children are thriving to see the sun, they would even be happy to just remember what the sun looks and feels like against their snowflake white skin. Margot, on the other hand does remember the sun and often talks about the bright light bulb that lights their planet once every seven years, to the others. However, there is a turning point when the children become jealous and treat Margot differently because to them she is set apart from them. " Hey, everyone, let’s put her in a closet before the teacher comes ! "
The theme in all Summer in a day is, treat others the way you want to be treated. All summer in a day is about nine year old kids who live on a planet called Venus. These kids don’t remember seeing the Sun but, One of the nine year olds named Margot was born on Earth and does remember how the sun looks like. She would apprise the other children that the Sun is like a penny or, a fire in a stove. No one believed her.
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In All Summer in a Day, Ray Bradbury uses vivid description, similes, and symbolism to show the desire to see something you’ve never seen before. The story is about a girl named Margot who comes from Earth, where she saw the sun all the time. Then she moves to planet Venus where the sun comes out every seven years. She tells her school classmates about how she remembers the sun and they start to bully her because they are jealous. The author uses a lot of description, symbolism, and similes to show the desire of the kids to see the sun.
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All Summer in a Day is about humans who are living on Venus. On Venus, it rains heavily. This may seem rather tragic, but every seven years the sun comes out for a short amount of time (one to two hours to be exact). One day Margot, a young girl who recently moved to Venus from Earth, claims that the sun will come out that day. She was in school when she said this, and all her other classmates don’t quite believe her.
In All Summer in a Day, Ray Bradbury uses symbolism, similes and plenty of vivid description to show the hope the children have for a brighter future and their need for change. First of all the author uses the rain to symbolize many things, while at the same time dreaming is used to symbolize hope, and the sun is a symbol portraying each child’s bright future. Similes are also extremely important as they show the desperate hope and need for a bright future. Furthermore with these types of author's craft Ray Bradbury uses repetition. However it does not go along with hope as well as the other pieces of author’s craft that have been mentioned previously.
These two things are the visible reason behind the lack of the sun. It is the symbol of their emotions. The sun is their hope, their joy. The sun never left Venus, it always has been there but it is the darkness and rain that covers it. The children still have hope, and joy but it is covered by their despair.
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All Summer in a Day Author's Craft Essay In life, people never truly realize what they have, until it's gone. Imagine having to wait seven years for the sun to come out again, but only for a few hours and then disappearing again for another seven years. Well for the kids of Venus, that is typical life. Ray Bradbury's All Summer in a Day uses a variety of author's craft such as imagery, similes and metaphors to show readers the childrens deep need for freedom away from the rain that consumes their lives.
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