An Analysis of All Summer in a Day In the short story All Summer in a Day, children living on stormy Venus may see the sun for the first time. Scientists’ theories about the cameo of the star are promoted by a quiet girl, Margot, who has felt the warmth and life the sun brings since she resided on Earth. At first, everyone believes her, but it looks less and less likely that the sun will appear. Bullies torment Margot, and later regret it, realizing she was right about the sun all along. The author believes that acting impulsively could lead to actions one will regret - especially if these actions are upon another person. This is portrayed throughout the story, and Ray Bradbury uses dialogue, along with changing tones represented by imagery. …show more content…
The student’s skeptical attitudes to the unveiling of the sun grow as the day goes on, and impulsive, they violently shove Margot into a closet, for nothing other than their own cruel enjoyment. “Oh, but,” Margot whispered, her eyes helpless. “But this is the day, the scientists predict, they say, they know, the sun . . .’ ‘All a joke!’ said the boy, and seized her roughly. ‘Hey, everyone, let’s put her in a closet before teacher comes!’ ‘No,’ said Margot, falling back.” (Bradbury, 3)
These inhuman words exemplify the theme, showing the impulsivity of young children…they don’t think twice before hurting Margot. They want to blame the seemingly false information on their classmate, which is extremely unfair. “Will it be seven more years?’ ‘Yes.
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They looked at everything and savored everything.” (Bradbury, 4 and