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Margot's Cruelty In School

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“Hey everyone let’s put her in the closet before the teacher come” “No”, Margot said falling back. Here in Phoenix almost everyday kids report being bullied in school. There are many important things that matter to every student in school and some people just decide to take it away from them. This is a real life situation for Margot , this illustrates cruelty throughout the story as the authors theme.

“Hey everyone let’s put her in the closet before the teacher comes back.” This means that the bullies in class wanted to trap Margot so she won’t get to see something important. It had been raining for seven years in Venus and there was no sun at all. Margot had always wanted to see the sun since she moved from Earth from Venus. That was the
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