All Summer In A Day Analysis

The Kidnapped Sun In All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury, the main conflict is between the children, William and Margot, and the people that assume responsibility for what happens during the story include the teacher, the classmates, William, and Margot. The children are on the planet Venus, where they are waiting for the Sun to appear for the first time in seven years. One girl, Margot, is from Earth, so she remembers the image of the Sun better than anyone else. This prompts envy among her peers, especially in a young boy named William. Knowing the Sun will appear on this occasion, he torments Margot by forbidding her to take part. He goes on to say, “‘All a joke!’…and seized her roughly. ‘Hey, everyone, let’s put her in a closet before teacher comes!’ ‘No,’ said …show more content…
William understands that if he doesn’t execute his plan without the teacher present and with the help of the other children, he will have missed his opportunity to steal Margot’s wish. Despite William’s dialogue, the reader can infer he believes the Sun will indeed reveal itself as much as the other children do, as the scientists have said so themselves. He simply uses his inauthentic act of doubt and disbelief as a way to bully Margot and to gain greater power over his classmates. In addition to the bully and his inferiors, the teacher is also to blame because she wasn’t in the classroom at the time in order to prevent William from luring his classmates into his plan. But before he does all this, William exhibits his leadership and his position of authority to the other children by acknowledging their opinions. After William asserts his cynicism, the children “All blinked at him, and then, understanding, laughed and shook their heads. ‘Nothing, nothing!’” (2)The children regard William as the leader, and will tend to obey his orders whether or not they agree with his decisions. Thus, William knows that once he has gained his peers’ approval, Margot will have fallen into the trap