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All Summer In A Day Conflict Essay

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What do you think causes someone’s depression? Was it the sudden change of weather, from the sunlight to the constant rain? Is it that everyone hates them because they remember something the others don’t? Margot moved from Earth to Venus five years ago. On Venus, there is one hour of sunlight for every seven years of rain. One day when there was one hour of sun, she missed it because her classmates locked her in a closet. The characters were affected by the different types of conflict in “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury.

The different types of conflict in this story affect the characters because Margot experiences internal feelings of melancholy when living on the planet Venus. The author states, “Margot stood alone. She was a very frail girl who looked as if she had been lost in the rain for years and the rain had washed out the blue from her eyes and the red from her mouth and the yellow from her hair. ” The author is showing that Margot is not very joyful and filled with happiness but instead filled with sadness and melancholy. Also, the author states, …show more content…

The text states, ‘“It’s like a fire,’ she said, ‘in the stove.’ ‘You’re lying, you don’t remember!’ cried the children. But she remembered and stood quietly apart from all of them and watched the patterning windows.” The author is showing that all the other kids are frustrated at Margot for remembering what the sun looked like but they can’t. The text also states, ‘“All a joke!’ said the boy, and seized her roughly. ‘Hey, everyone, let’s put her in a closet before the teacher comes!”’ The author is showing that the other kids are envious and showing it by being mean to her. This is important because the other kids in Margot’s class are affected by the conflict of the rain on Venus being constant for seven

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