Connor Robinson
Miss Morrow
Ch. Language arts- 7th hour
23 February 2023
Exploring metaphors in “All Summer in a Day”
The Sun is something we have seen and felt our entire lives. As children, we run and play in the Sun, and as adults, we sit with the person we love and watch the sunrise. When we turn old we sit and relax in the Sun, remembering how many memories we have had with the Sun, watching over them. For most of us, it is impossible to imagine what life would be like without it, but this is just how life is for the children of Venus.“All Summer In A Day” is about a group of children that live on the planet, Venus. On Venus, the Sun only ever comes out once every 7 years, so the children have not seen the Sun since they were only 1 or 2 years old. In “All Summer In a Day”, Ray Bradbury uses metaphors to show how impactful the Sun and rain are to characters in the story.
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Here the text states, “They were dreaming and remembering a gold or a yellow crayon or a coin large enough to buy the world with...they remembered a warmness, like a blushing in the face, in the body, in the arms and legs.” (Bradbury 1). Even though they barely remember the Sun, it is still such a big part of what makes them human. The Sun is what keeps the children going even if they don't know