Voltaire once said that, “Writing is the painting of the voice!”. Many authors use their language and descriptions to “paint a picture” and like any piece of art, there is always a deeper meaning behind the image. In the short story entitled “All Summer in a Day” which describes the tale of a young girl missing out on a once in 7 year event because her classmates believe she is different, there are a variety of paintings, which means in turn, a variety of meanings. Ray Bradbury's “All Summer In a Day” manipulates diction and figurative language in order to set a negative tone, and coupled with profound use of imagery -to familiarize the reader with a new area- it is able to connect the reader with elements of the story to help them better relate
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When he says “...roses, so many weeds, intermixed...” it seems as if he is trying to prove how different they are. Some are roses with personalities of prickly thorns and some may be weeds, going with the flow and unexpectedly popping up, implying that the children have vastly different personalities despite the new environment. The ulterior purpose of this line is also to create a natural tone in the story before the reader even knows the true location (Venus), he is already attempting to help readers connect to a place that is (literally) a world away. This is significant because the setting in the story, according to Thomas C. Foster of How to Read Literature like a Professor, “Geography in literature can also be more. It can be revelatory of virtually any element in the work” and this is applicable to “All Summer in a Day” because the “different” setting of Venus relates to Margot’s “difference” being from Earth, and Bradbury’s early work on the setting and creating a tone for it results in more
When he says “...roses, so many weeds, intermixed...” it seems as if he is trying to prove how different they are. Some are roses with personalities of prickly thorns and some may be weeds, going with the flow and unexpectedly popping up, implying that the children have vastly different personalities despite the new environment. The ulterior purpose of this line is also to create a natural tone in the story before the reader even knows the true location (Venus), he is already attempting to help readers connect to a place that is (literally) a world away. This is significant because the setting in the story, according to Thomas C. Foster of How to Read Literature like a Professor, “Geography in literature can also be more. It can be revelatory of virtually any element in the work” and this is applicable to “All Summer in a Day” because the “different” setting of Venus relates to Margot’s “difference” being from Earth, and Bradbury’s early work on the setting and creating a tone for it results in more