Jealousy In All Summer In A Day By Ray Bradbury

Imagine living in a world where a blanket of darkness and storm envelope the land as far as you can see for seven years straight. Now imagine that in that world, you are the only one that remembers light and sunshine. This is how the main character of All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury lives. She also lives with an abundance of envy and hate targeted toward her from the other children. A major theme from her story is that jealousy can lead to denial, thoughtless and cruel actions, and harsh guilt and shame. One thing jealousy can lead to is denial. In the story, there are multiple times the other children deny Margot, the main character, of her truthfulness because of how great their jealousy is for her. One example is just after Margot

At first, I thought that the most important theme was that pride will take over the mind. Although that is true, my theme is the most significant because it includes all the things that jealousy can lead the mind to do and think. One thing the story describes that supports my theme is when one of the boys was talking rude to and shoving Margot. I believe that he would never have done that without reason. He did it because of the envy which existed within him. Another part in the story that supports the theme is when it says, “‘All a joke!’ said the boy, and seized her roughly. ‘Hey everyone, let’s put her in a closet before the teacher comes!’ They surged about her, caught her up and bore her, protesting, and then pleading, and then crying, back into a tunnel, a room, a closet, where they slammed and locked the door.” The theme is proven in this particular excerpt because they took away her only chance in a long time to experience sunlight once more, the only thing that brought her true life and happiness. Along with that, they also thought too quickly, not allowing them to consider the end result of their cruel

After the children thoughtlessly trapped Margot in the closet, leaving her imprisoned from her own freedom, they felt overpowering guilt and shame. It states, “ They walked slowly down the hall in the sound of cold rain. They turned through the doorway to the room in the sound of the storm and thunder, lightning on their faces, blue and terrible. They walked over to the closet door slowly and stood by it.” At this specific point in the text, Ray Bradbury does an exceptionally good job at using effective and descriptive language. This is extremely helpful in emphasizing the theme to the reader because the detail used shows how severe the guilt the children felt really was. It shows that it was the worst possible consequence for their