Theme
By Kassie
Rain. It's always raining. That's the problem in the story All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury. In the setting, Venus, no one ever sees even a glimpse of sunlight. But, finally there is a chance! For the first time in seven years, the rain is going away. Everyone is excited and waiting. Even a frail girl named Margot. Margot is the only kid in her class that knows what the sun looks like. She is the only one that knows what it feels like, what it is like, and her classmates despise her for it. They yell at her and push her down just because they can. But, this is the day that everyone will see the sun. Feel it warming their soft skin, see the bright flowers shining as if they were stars in the night. Margot had told them all …show more content…
But the most important one is descriptions. Ray uses description in many ways, for example to show what people look like or how the sun looks. But, he also uses it to prove the theme. Bradbury said, “They walked slowly down the hall in the sound of cold rain. They turned through the doorway to the room in the sound of the storm and thunder, lightning on their faces, blue and terrible. They walked over to the closet door slowly and stood by it.” The children had forgotten about Margot. They had forgotten about how they locked her in the closet as they went and played in the sun. That is an action that will definitely have consequences. As the quote described, the children seemed to be slow and quiet. The reader can then realize that the children probably feel bad about forgetting Margot. The author also said, “They stood as if someone had driven them, like so many stakes, into the floor. They looked at each other and then looked away.” The way Bradbury described their actions painted the picture perfectly. If looking stiff and unhappy means that you are guilty, then Margot's classmates are guilty. All the children acted, by forgetting about Margot, and as their consequence, they felt tremendous guilt. Description can be the difference between reading and …show more content…
For the beginning of the story, the teacher seems to be out of the building or at least out of the room. But, when she returns, the passage says, “Then, smiling, they turned and went out and back down the tunnel, just as the teacher arrived. ‘Ready children?’ She glanced at her watch.” This shows that the teacher didn't bother counting the children, or even looking through them. She forgot to keep track of them which in turn, caused a lot of bad feelings later on. Her action was forgetting about Margot. Forgetting to check her students, and putting her own happiness above her students. When the sun came out, the teacher disregarded her responsibilities as a parent and as a teacher. If putting your happiness above your student’s safety and not paying attention means you are a bad teacher, then the teacher is a bad teacher. Another time the author showed this was when the teacher wasn't there for Margot. It says, “‘Where's teacher?’ ‘She'll be back.’ ‘She’d better hurry, we'll miss it!’” The teacher wasn't there when Margot was getting abused by her classmates. She wasn't there to stop the children. Her consequence to this action is that she later caused guilt in her students and sorrow in Margot. If she had remembered, and been there, the students would have had to let Margot out and they would all feel a lot better because they weren't guilty. Everyone could have
By Kassie
Rain. It's always raining. That's the problem in the story All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury. In the setting, Venus, no one ever sees even a glimpse of sunlight. But, finally there is a chance! For the first time in seven years, the rain is going away. Everyone is excited and waiting. Even a frail girl named Margot. Margot is the only kid in her class that knows what the sun looks like. She is the only one that knows what it feels like, what it is like, and her classmates despise her for it. They yell at her and push her down just because they can. But, this is the day that everyone will see the sun. Feel it warming their soft skin, see the bright flowers shining as if they were stars in the night. Margot had told them all …show more content…
But the most important one is descriptions. Ray uses description in many ways, for example to show what people look like or how the sun looks. But, he also uses it to prove the theme. Bradbury said, “They walked slowly down the hall in the sound of cold rain. They turned through the doorway to the room in the sound of the storm and thunder, lightning on their faces, blue and terrible. They walked over to the closet door slowly and stood by it.” The children had forgotten about Margot. They had forgotten about how they locked her in the closet as they went and played in the sun. That is an action that will definitely have consequences. As the quote described, the children seemed to be slow and quiet. The reader can then realize that the children probably feel bad about forgetting Margot. The author also said, “They stood as if someone had driven them, like so many stakes, into the floor. They looked at each other and then looked away.” The way Bradbury described their actions painted the picture perfectly. If looking stiff and unhappy means that you are guilty, then Margot's classmates are guilty. All the children acted, by forgetting about Margot, and as their consequence, they felt tremendous guilt. Description can be the difference between reading and …show more content…
For the beginning of the story, the teacher seems to be out of the building or at least out of the room. But, when she returns, the passage says, “Then, smiling, they turned and went out and back down the tunnel, just as the teacher arrived. ‘Ready children?’ She glanced at her watch.” This shows that the teacher didn't bother counting the children, or even looking through them. She forgot to keep track of them which in turn, caused a lot of bad feelings later on. Her action was forgetting about Margot. Forgetting to check her students, and putting her own happiness above her students. When the sun came out, the teacher disregarded her responsibilities as a parent and as a teacher. If putting your happiness above your student’s safety and not paying attention means you are a bad teacher, then the teacher is a bad teacher. Another time the author showed this was when the teacher wasn't there for Margot. It says, “‘Where's teacher?’ ‘She'll be back.’ ‘She’d better hurry, we'll miss it!’” The teacher wasn't there when Margot was getting abused by her classmates. She wasn't there to stop the children. Her consequence to this action is that she later caused guilt in her students and sorrow in Margot. If she had remembered, and been there, the students would have had to let Margot out and they would all feel a lot better because they weren't guilty. Everyone could have