Jealousy In All Summer In A Day By Ray Bradbury

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The short story All Summer in A Day by Ray Bradbury is about how jealousy can hurt other people. There is plenty of parts in the story that show this. Margot got hurt. Some People may say jealousy isn't the main point. But I believe it is. There is evidence to support this. Her peers made fun of her. All Summer in A Day is about jealousy.

Margot's classmates made fun of her. They said mean things to her just because she is from a different planet. Her peers said “ What are you looking at? And gave Margot a shove.” The students locked her in a closet. They did this because Margot has seen the sun before and her classmates have not. The student have hurt Margot because they are jealous of her. Some people may say that jealousy isn't the

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