All Summer In A Day

Have you ever been jealous of someone? Maybe your frustrated about how you are not friends with him/her but someone else is? This is very common and in fact, can cause many issues. In the story, “All Summer in a Day,” by Ray Bradbury, a group of kids who lived on Venus their whole life have been waiting for the sun to come out. Of course, it may not sound like a big deal but the sun only comes out every seven years on Venus and whenever the sun is not out, it is raining. Margot - a recent arrival to Venus - has once lived on Earth and saw the sun. Throughout the story, she has been telling them her experience with the sun and how it made her feel but those who have never seen it, didn't believe Margot and as a result, treated her badly and locked her in a closet. One lesson that the story suggests to all readers is that when jealousy and grief get the best of us, everyone suffers. Throughout the story, the author uses description and details to show how the

Margot can also be partly the blame for the kids jealousy as well. One example is when Margot repeatedly tells them about what she knows about the sun, what she has seen and her overall experience making them more and more jealous. “It's like a penny, It's like a fire in the stove.” Mostly, Margot does not interact with the other kids, she ignores them and purposely talks about the sun in front of them. Furthermore, the whole class has also written poems. Margot's poem says, “Think the sun is a flower, That blooms for just one hour.” Margot mostly is proven to be more of an independent person who is mostly interested in the sun and although it was wrong to hurt Margot like that, the could have executed the situation in a better way by nicely telling her to stop. Therefore, she can partly be the blame of their attitude towards her because it is almost like she is trying to brag about what she knows in front of them, making them jealous and