All Summer In A Day And Imagine Rains Analysis

Everyone has a particular trait which makes them unique and different from others; it can lead someone into feeling either strong and confident or unsettled and distressed. This makes up who they personally are, exposing their true feelings and emotions. “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury and “Believer” by Imagine Dragons both use this universal truth to uncover some character’s true traits, bringing out their difference in the shadow to an even darker figure. In each story, the character’s end up with a heavy heart, standing out there alone and regretting their isolation. In “All Summer in a Day”, an introvert character named Margot stands out from the rest, hidden in the shadows of the rain. In “Believer”, the speaker believes in something differently than others, leading him to

A common theme that both texts include is that sometimes being or acting differently than others can lead to consequences. Both stories also use symbolism to portray some character’s melancholy feeling of being alone and friendless. In “All Summer in a Day” the text states, “ It had been raining for seven years...and this was the way life was forever on Venus… Margot stood apart… from these children who could ever remember a time when there wasn’t rain… she came only five years ago from Earth.... She remembered… the way the sun was and the sky was when she was four in Ohio” (Bradbury 1). This quote clearly shows that Margot was different from the rest of the students because she got to experience what others could not: the sun. She never fit in with the other students, not only because of her remembrance of the sun, but also because of her actions. She would never sing songs with them or play with the other students. It was as if she was a puzzle piece which was a part of a totally different set, like a wild card. As a result, she wound up very alone and all the students could do now was tease her and make her feel like she