Symbolism In All Summer In A Day

In the short story “All Summer in a Day,” by Ray Bradbury tells the story of a young girl living on Venus who is determined the sun will come. On Venus, it has done nothing but rain for the past seven years and the children have lost all hope, except Margot. Margot heard the prediction from a scientist that the sun would come out that day, but none of her classmates believed her and put her in a closet. After she was put in a closet, there was a blast from outside and the sun appear. One main theme in this short story is don’t take it for granted because we don’t know how long it will last. The author uses an extended metaphor sadness, which is correlated with rain. The children have been stuck with rain for the past seven years and they just want to see the sun. Whenever someone even brings up the sun, they take it as a joke. But when the sun does come out and fades away again, it begins to rain and the children begin to cry. The same goes for the sun, which is correlated with happiness. When the sun comes out the kids are filled with joy and never want it to end. They even forget that they locked Margot in the closet because they wanted to savor every moment. The symbolism of …show more content…
They all have the same intelligence, strength, beauty, speed and more. This was all because of the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments of the Constitution. If someone happened to be smarter than what was acceptable, then they had a handicapped radio they had to wear in their ear at all times. A mask was worn if you were “too beautiful.” Harrison Bergeron was above everyone else. He was smart, strong, and handsome so he was taken away at the age of 14 by the H-G men. Due to the handicapped radios, his parents didn’t even know how to react. Harrison ended up breaking out of jail wanting to become the Emperor. One main theme in the story is