Cruelty In 'All Summer In A Day'

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“They stood looking at the door and saw it tremble from her beating and throwing herself against it.They heard her muffled cries.” Cruelty can come from different people and be showed in different ways. More than 55 percent of schools contain students that are bullied everyday. Cruelty and maybe some jealousy is used as theme for the author in “All Summer in a Day.” Children can be cruel is a statement shown throughout the story using descriptive language and similes.
Children can be cruel is shown with descriptive language of how, why, and what children were being cruel about. In “All Summer in a Day” Margot being the main character is the one going through tall the cruelty that children can have. Showing how in “All Summer in a Day” children

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