Compare And Contrast All Summer In A Day And Eleven

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All Summer in a Day and Eleven both are quite different, from a group of kids living on Mars to just one ordinary girl turning eleven. All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury which is science fiction, is about a girl, Margot who a has been living on Mars for five years. All of the children there stay away from her because they are both jealous of Margot and feel a different sensation around her. Eleven by Sandra Cisneros, which is realistic fiction is about a girl, Rachel who is turning eleven and she articulates how she does not feel any different then any other day. Rachel experiences some frustration when a class student insists that a old, ugly sweater is her’s. Already, you can tell that both of these characters have similar characteristic

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