How Does Bradbury Use Repetition In All Summer In A Day

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Everyone in life needs to know that eventually, things will start to be ok. The characters in “All Summer in a Day”live a life of disappointment. Every day they wake up hoping for the sun but only receive rain. All throughout the story story, “All Summer in a Day, Ray Bradbury uses symbolism and repetition to show how the sun symbolises happiness. The story repetitively shows that the author does put symbolism and repetition to show how the sun symbolizes hope. All the kids in the story needs to know that the sun will come out. All throughout the story the statement: the author uses repetition and symbolism to show that the sun symbolises happiness. is being proven. In the story, all the kids in Margot’s class get excited and happy whenever

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