All Summer In A Day Ray Bradbury

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There hasn’t been any sun for seven years. How do you think you’d manage that? “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury is about several young children who have experienced just that. Margot, the protagonist of this chilling story, is the only child that remembers what the sun looked liked. Most of the kids were envious of Margot, making fun of her quite often. Margot eventually turns into a wallflower, a hopeful, but a dispirited little girl who knows she’s a bit different from the rest. This introverted nine year old refused to hang out with the other children. When playing tag, she simply wouldn’t budge. ‘Margot stood alone.’ (67) She was constantly alone, not wanting to socialize. ‘If they tagged her and ran, she stood blinking after them

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