Jealousy In Ray Bradbury's All Summer In A Day

How can jealousy affect people? Ray Bradbury, who was the author of “All Summer in a Day” was an American author and screenwriter. He worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, and horror. In this story people were living on venues where the sun would come out every seven years, and last for just one hour. Margot a character in the story who is 9 years old. She stood apart from the children who looked out the window, dreaming when the sun would come out. Margot wasn’t born on Venus she was from planet Earth. She and her family came to Venus when she was 5 years old, she had remembered what the sun looked like and remembers how it like a penny. The author sends the message of how jealousy can affect people’s judgement

Bradbury writes “ hey everyone, let’s put her closet before the teacher comes !”. (Bradbury, 1954) The author addresses this because the children on the planet of Venus was aware of Margot’s experiences and differences. This is significant because it shows that Margot wasn’t from Venus and that she was from the earth. Another way the author displays, the theme of jealousy is when the children bully her because of her poem. Bradbury writes “ aw you didn’t write that” protested one of the boys. The author compose this because the children didn’t believe that “the sun is a flower, that blooms for just one hour”. ( Bradbury, 1954) This is significant because the children don’t want to believe her because she might not know what the sun glimpse like. At last, the author represents the theme of jealousy when the children disbelieve her when she lecture about the sun. Bradbury writes “You’re lying, you don’t remember !” cried the children.”(Bradbury, 1954) The author addresses this because they don’t assume Margot remembers what the sun looks like, she’s lies consequence . This is significant because she might be declaring lies about the sun, to make some