Analysis Of All Summer In A Day By Ray Bradbury

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“All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury is a science fiction story about a girl who struggles with living on Venus and is different from everyone else. In the beginning, all the kids on Venus were pressed against the window. The kids are waiting for the sun to come out. Soon, the kids go and put Margot into a closet. The kids on Venus finally get to see the sun. In the end, a girl starts crying because it starts raining. Then finally the kids on Venus come inside and then they remember Margot in the closet. This story shows that Margot is different from all the other kids on Venus.
One reason Margot is different from all the other kids on Venus is Margot was born on Earth. In paragraph thirty, Margot came from planet Earth only five years ago.

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