Summer

I did not have a summer job since I was taking two courses and dedicated myself to volunteering full time for 8 hours a day in a research lab for the whole summer. Since I was already guaranteed a position to gain valuable lab experience, I made the decision to accept this placement rather than applying for other work studies or part-time work. During the school year, since I am volunteering part time in the same lab since to work on a future project that is a continuation of the previous…

All Summer in a Day- Theme One of the most outstanding themes in “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury is that selfishness can overpower you. This dystopian story is about people who were sent to Venus to start a civilization, where there is no sun. One girl, Margot, has problems adapting. She gets picked on by the other students. When the sun comes out again, for the first time in seven years, the students lock her in a closet. Margot misses her chance to see the sun. One character in the…

All Summer in a Day Will was annoyed by this girl Margot. She was always bragging about Earth. She got to see the sun every day. Last time Will saw it, he was only 2. He always made fun of her when she was bragging. “We get it,” Will said, “you’re from Earth, let's move on now.” All she did was brag about how she was from Ohio. She was always snotty about it. She was so annoying. She was that little sister that asked for everything. When she painted the picture Will just wanted to slap it…

Setting In Stories In the story “All Summer in a day” by Ray Bradbury is a futuristic short story. The story starts of very grey and drey. It's raining, the sun isn't out. Then you find out that the sun only comes out or not at all every seven years for two hours. The main character is sad because she was born on earth and moved to the planet she says she remembers the sun. A kid locks her in a closet and as the sun comes out the kids are playing outside. This shows that even win the sun comes…

There hasn’t been any sun for seven years. How do you think you’d manage that? “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury is about several young children who have experienced just that. Margot, the protagonist of this chilling story, is the only child that remembers what the sun looked liked. Most of the kids were envious of Margot, making fun of her quite often. Margot eventually turns into a wallflower, a hopeful, but a dispirited little girl who knows she’s a bit different from the rest. This…

For my paper I was fortunate enough to be granted permission to observe some children at the Chinese summer camp where I went when I was younger, the counselors let me sit in and watch them entertain and educate the children from the corner of the classroom. The room was quite small but was able to accommodate me, four adults, 27 kids with ages ranging from 5 to 7, 30 adult size chairs, and a large table in the center. I was able to take more than an hour worth of notes during my stay there…

Life has many wonders that are beyond the human understanding. Many people have been asking about life’s meaning and purpose while others seem to be certain about why on Earth they exist. Mary Oliver, in her poem “The Summer Day” expresses her own questions about life. Clearly, she intends to write to those who have not yet believed of established a connection with a higher being. Through her words and expression about the nature, using appeal to pathos, she tries to convince her readers to…

Imagine living in a place when it does not stop raining and the sun only comes out every seven years for only one hour. Ray Bradbury short story, "All Summer in a Day" talks about a girl named Margot that moved to Venus. Margot's classmates bullied her because she remebered the sun. The theme of the story is being different can cause bullying, because Margot was different and her classmates hated her. Margot is being bullied in school because she remebered the sun. William is Margot's number…

Both My First Free Summer and My Furthest-Back Person deal with family, but they do so in different ways. They both have families that are foreigners who came to America, but they come from different countries. In My First Free Summer, Julia, is from the Dominican Republic, where as in My Furthest Back Person, Alex, is from Gambia. Alex and Julia’s family both move to the United States of America. Though, Julia moved to America by choice, whereas Alex’s family was captured and sold to America.…

Ray Bradbury's story “All Summer in a day”, is about people who lives on the planet venus and it rains all of the time. Margot lived on earth but just recently arrived on mars. She remembers there being sun when she lived on earth and now she is not used to it always raining with no sunshine. She starts to miss the sunshine and how warm it was earth. The other children on Venus are jealous and get mad that she remembers and even got to see the sun. A lesson in this story is sometime when people…