The short story All Summer in a Day, by Ray Bradbury shows how many people don’t think about the results of their actions and reveals that many people do not pause and look at the consequences for their actions and reveals that if people aren’t thinking before they act they will really affect someone. In this short story there are many examples of when someone on Venus suffers because they do not contemplate the consequences because of their previous actions. Each 9 year old has an experience in this story where they have been hurt because of simply not thinking. There are exceptional moments in this story where you can see that Margot has not pondered on the effects of her decisions. Along with there are many times where it is crystal clear
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In this story many of the children on Venus are jealous of Margot’s opportunities and previous life on earth. When children are jealous, they turn against Margot. One example is when she is reading the poem, instead of listening to Margot the students shut her down without even listening. Just because students are jealous it does not mean that they can bully Margot. While this is important theme it is easily seen that if it weren’t for Margot not thinking about what she said or did that this wouldn’t have happened, so overall the important point is that it is needed for everyone to take a minute an think about the results in the end from what they …show more content…
This theme really shines near the end and is easily seen with Ray Bradbury’s use of dialogue, description, and use of simile. “ Then one of them gave a little cry. ‘Margot.’ ‘What?’ ‘She’s still in the closet where we locked her.’ ‘Margot.’ They stood as if someone had driven them like so many stakes into the floor. They looked at each other then away.” From this we can see that the students felt guilt, and sadness. The best day each individual's life is now balanced with the worst day as they experience the guilt from their wrongdoings. In the end, if Margot’s peers would've thought about what would have happened later on after deciding to lock Margot in the closet Margot and everyone else would be ecstatic in this moment in time. However after not simply stopping to think everybody will look at that day and remember the day they had stolen someone’s chance to see the sun or the day that Margot missed the sun.
Finally stopping to think about the consequences for your actions is a vital theme in All Summer in a Day, by Ray Bradbury. In this short story there are many times when you can see this theme portrayed throughout. Readers can easily look back and see the times where the characters have suffered from decisions they had made when they did not think about the end result. Each character you meet in the short story has an example of a time when they have not
In this story many of the children on Venus are jealous of Margot’s opportunities and previous life on earth. When children are jealous, they turn against Margot. One example is when she is reading the poem, instead of listening to Margot the students shut her down without even listening. Just because students are jealous it does not mean that they can bully Margot. While this is important theme it is easily seen that if it weren’t for Margot not thinking about what she said or did that this wouldn’t have happened, so overall the important point is that it is needed for everyone to take a minute an think about the results in the end from what they …show more content…
This theme really shines near the end and is easily seen with Ray Bradbury’s use of dialogue, description, and use of simile. “ Then one of them gave a little cry. ‘Margot.’ ‘What?’ ‘She’s still in the closet where we locked her.’ ‘Margot.’ They stood as if someone had driven them like so many stakes into the floor. They looked at each other then away.” From this we can see that the students felt guilt, and sadness. The best day each individual's life is now balanced with the worst day as they experience the guilt from their wrongdoings. In the end, if Margot’s peers would've thought about what would have happened later on after deciding to lock Margot in the closet Margot and everyone else would be ecstatic in this moment in time. However after not simply stopping to think everybody will look at that day and remember the day they had stolen someone’s chance to see the sun or the day that Margot missed the sun.
Finally stopping to think about the consequences for your actions is a vital theme in All Summer in a Day, by Ray Bradbury. In this short story there are many times when you can see this theme portrayed throughout. Readers can easily look back and see the times where the characters have suffered from decisions they had made when they did not think about the end result. Each character you meet in the short story has an example of a time when they have not