Margot

Imagine living on a planet where it is rainy for seven years nonstop, until one day, for only a few hours, the sun finally shines. In the short story “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury, the children of Venus only get a couple of hours of sunlight once every seven years. When it is not sunny, it is raining constantly. Since the last time the sun came out was when the children were only 2 years old, they have no memory of what the sun looks or feels like. The only person who remembers is Margot because she used to live on Earth. Since the children have less experience with the sun, it causes them to become jealous of Margot because she has had more experience than them, which results in the children to start bullying and harrassing Margot.

To begin, the author describes Margot’s experience with the sun by using similes and metaphors. For example, “She knew they thought they remembered a warmness, like a blushing in the face, in the body, in the arms and legs and trembling hands.” “I think the sun is a flower, That blooms for just one hour.” “‘It’s like a fire’, she said, ‘in the stove.’” (Bradbury 1954). In this section of the story, the sun is very symbolic; it represents a rare, but good

The children get jealous of her because they are very naive. Since they are jealous, they torment Margot. When they finally get to feel the sun for themselves, it is a new experience and the children are shocked at what they see and feel. This is significant because it gives the readers a message that you can’t tease or make fun of someone if you’re not as educated or if you don’t have enough knowledge as them. We live our own lives have our own experiences, and sometimes, people will be involved in great things while we are stuck in a bad situation. We have to embrace our bad experiences just as much as the good ones, and can’t bring others down because they have something that we