“All Summer in a Day”
Character: William
In “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury is a story about a colony of people finding life on Venus. The main character, Margot, had previously been living on Earth. She moved to Venus when she was four, but the other kids had lived on Venus their whole lives. This has made the other kids envy Margot, especially William.
In this story, it is very easy to tell from the beginning that they are not the best of friends, but Margot takes it differently, she doesn’t let anyone get to her or make her feel bad about herself. So William constantly takes advantage of her. Now for the first time in 7 years the sun is coming out on venus, and the kids will get to see it. But the envy takes over and William leads the other kids in locking Margot in a closet for their hours of sun.
The more and more I look at this story I come to the same point that I was at before. Why would William be so cruel? And the more I read this story I think about all of the hatred …show more content…
"You won’t see nothing!" Her lips moved. "Nothing !" he cried. "It was all a joke, wasn’t it?" He turned to the other children. "Nothing’s happening today. Is it ?" They all blinked at him and then, understanding, laughed and shook their heads. "Nothing, nothing !"”
This shows how eager William is to ruin any little scrap of happiness Margot may have. William knows that the rest of the class shares his hatred so he can do whatever kind of horrid things to Margot and instead of being allies, they will band together to make one persons life miserable. By the end of the story, William and the other kids might have shown a little bit of regret, but by then it was done, and Margot would not be able to get that experience for another 7 years of her life. Every time I read this story I wonder how on Venus could anyone be so
Character: William
In “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury is a story about a colony of people finding life on Venus. The main character, Margot, had previously been living on Earth. She moved to Venus when she was four, but the other kids had lived on Venus their whole lives. This has made the other kids envy Margot, especially William.
In this story, it is very easy to tell from the beginning that they are not the best of friends, but Margot takes it differently, she doesn’t let anyone get to her or make her feel bad about herself. So William constantly takes advantage of her. Now for the first time in 7 years the sun is coming out on venus, and the kids will get to see it. But the envy takes over and William leads the other kids in locking Margot in a closet for their hours of sun.
The more and more I look at this story I come to the same point that I was at before. Why would William be so cruel? And the more I read this story I think about all of the hatred …show more content…
"You won’t see nothing!" Her lips moved. "Nothing !" he cried. "It was all a joke, wasn’t it?" He turned to the other children. "Nothing’s happening today. Is it ?" They all blinked at him and then, understanding, laughed and shook their heads. "Nothing, nothing !"”
This shows how eager William is to ruin any little scrap of happiness Margot may have. William knows that the rest of the class shares his hatred so he can do whatever kind of horrid things to Margot and instead of being allies, they will band together to make one persons life miserable. By the end of the story, William and the other kids might have shown a little bit of regret, but by then it was done, and Margot would not be able to get that experience for another 7 years of her life. Every time I read this story I wonder how on Venus could anyone be so