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Analyzing The Short Story 'All Summer In A Day'

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If you treat others the way you would like to be treated, this can lead to a good relationship. I chose a picture of a “Lonely Little Duck” being pushed away from the other ones. This compares with Margot in the short story “All Summer in a Day,” who gets pushed away from everyone. Treat others the way you would like to be treated. Margot and the yellow duck both got pushed away from a group. If the group were in Margot or the yellow duck's shoes, they would feel sad too. The theme of treat others the way you would want to be treated is shown in the short story and the artwork. The theme is shown in the short story “All Summer in a Day,” because the children excluded Margot from what they did. In the artwork, the theme is shown because the …show more content…

The first example that is shown in the text is when the children pushed Margot into a closet. The text states that “a closet, where they slammed and locked the door.” This shows the theme of treat others the way you would like to be treated. The kids who pushed Margot in the closet wouldn't want that to happen to them. The second example is shown when the text states that, “Ready, children? She glanced at her watch. "Yes!" said everyone. Are we all here? Yes!" The kids lied about having everyone in the classroom. They left Margot in the closet where they locked her in. This relates to the theme because none of the kids would want to be forgotten about. The text states that “Their faces were solemn and pale. They looked at their hands and feet, their faces down.” The children felt bad for what they had done. This shows to treat others the way you would like to be treated because they feel bad. Now that they have realized what they had done, they realized that they were treating Margot poorly. The first example shows to treat others the way you would like to be treated. The text states that, “a closet, where they slammed and locked the door.”

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