Harassment, bullying, isolation, and depression are things a nine year old should not be experiencing. Unfortunately, for a little girl living who's living on Venus, this is what everyday is like. The short story “All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury” takes place on the planet Venus where everyday is like the next, full of rain. The residents of Venus consider rain normal. However, Margot's family moved there just moved there five years ago from Earth. Margot has to deal with the torture of remembering her sunny life on Earth while experiencing endless rain. Every seven years, the sun shines on Venus. For just two hours the rain stops pouring and the sky turns blue. Margot has been waiting for this day ever since she moved to Venus. Unfortunately,
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In a scene during the story, Bradbury writes, “so after that, dimly, dimly she sensed it, she was different and they knew her difference and kept away” (Bradbury 1954). Previously in the story, Margot had a mental breakdown in the shower and that's what the quote is describing. This quote shows that Margot is isolated and depressed. This is because she is away from the sun and her classmates don't help her feel like she fits in. Her isolation adds to her depression because she has no friends. None of the children make an effort to talk to her or play with her because they see she's different. This helps the reader understand the theme because the children are jealous of her differences and they keep away. She doesn't wanna go play with all of them because she knows she's different and they do too. She won't go to them and none of them will come to her which leads to isolation. Margot’s depression and her isolation makes her an easy target for harassment and …show more content…
The cause of Margot's depression is the rain. She writes a poem about the sun that says, “I think the sun is a flower that blooms for just one hour” (Bradbury 1954). This quote shows Margot's love for the sun. It shows that she thinks the sun is beautiful and natural. However, the children don't like this, they are jealous of the fact that she remembers the sun and they don't, so they argue that she didn't write that. Another very important scene takes place the very next day, when the children lock Margot up. “They surged about her, caught her up and bore her, protesting, and then pleading, and then crying, back into a tunnel, a room, a closet, where they slammed hand locked the door” (Bradbury 1954). This quote takes place on the day when the sun was finally coming out after a long seven year wait. The children lock Margot up so she does not get to experience this long awaited day. The children were sick of her being different. The author uses these scenes to really show the jealousy between Margot and the children. All of the children are jealous of her and they team up against her. They harass her, bully her, and can't relate to her. This jealousy led to many terrible things for
In a scene during the story, Bradbury writes, “so after that, dimly, dimly she sensed it, she was different and they knew her difference and kept away” (Bradbury 1954). Previously in the story, Margot had a mental breakdown in the shower and that's what the quote is describing. This quote shows that Margot is isolated and depressed. This is because she is away from the sun and her classmates don't help her feel like she fits in. Her isolation adds to her depression because she has no friends. None of the children make an effort to talk to her or play with her because they see she's different. This helps the reader understand the theme because the children are jealous of her differences and they keep away. She doesn't wanna go play with all of them because she knows she's different and they do too. She won't go to them and none of them will come to her which leads to isolation. Margot’s depression and her isolation makes her an easy target for harassment and …show more content…
The cause of Margot's depression is the rain. She writes a poem about the sun that says, “I think the sun is a flower that blooms for just one hour” (Bradbury 1954). This quote shows Margot's love for the sun. It shows that she thinks the sun is beautiful and natural. However, the children don't like this, they are jealous of the fact that she remembers the sun and they don't, so they argue that she didn't write that. Another very important scene takes place the very next day, when the children lock Margot up. “They surged about her, caught her up and bore her, protesting, and then pleading, and then crying, back into a tunnel, a room, a closet, where they slammed hand locked the door” (Bradbury 1954). This quote takes place on the day when the sun was finally coming out after a long seven year wait. The children lock Margot up so she does not get to experience this long awaited day. The children were sick of her being different. The author uses these scenes to really show the jealousy between Margot and the children. All of the children are jealous of her and they team up against her. They harass her, bully her, and can't relate to her. This jealousy led to many terrible things for