What Are The Similarities Between All Summer In A Day And Zero Hour

Have you ever seen two things and realized they were connected in ways most wouldn't realize from just looking at them? This is the case with the two Ray Bradbury books All Summer in a day and Zero hour. These 2 are so similar because of a shared theme, adults need to pay more attention to the children they are in charge of because if not unwanted things can happen, These books also share very similar author's craft and structure which makes them close to each other.

One reason why these short stories are so similar is because of the author's craft but more specific symbolism. In All Summer in a day, one major returning object with meaning is the rain, and in Zero Hour drill is an important thing that reappears. This supports my claim because

That theme is adults need to pay more attention to the kids they are in charge of because if not unwanted things can happen. This theme is seen throughout the short stories in lots of places a couple of examples of this theme in Zero hour is when the dad gets home from work and thinks Mink is just playing hide and seek or when Mink tells her mom that she is summoning aliens and the mom thinks it's just a kids game. Some examples of this theme in All Summer in a day are when Margot got shoved by a classmate when the teacher was not paying attention, or when the teacher walked away and she was locked in the closet while the sun was out for the 1 time in 7 years. This supports my claim because it really shows the similarities between these 2 stories the themes of the book is like the backbone it really holds it together and keeps it interesting if there were really bad themes then there would be nothing to take away from the book and really learn from the story which makes it a lot more interesting and exhilarating. Since the themes are so important and both of the short stories share them this makes the 2 all the more

In the short story, Zero Hour some of the bigger characters are The Mom, the Dad, Mink, and drill. In All Summer in a day, some of the main characters are Margot, Her classmates, and the teacher. At first, you would think that these characters have much in common but when you look at their traits and the roles they play in the book your thoughts about this might change. All of the characters in the book have similar traits in the book and are linked for example the Mom/Dad and the teacher are both oblivious and in the book, they do not care enough to check what their children are doing so bad things happen, in the 2 books Mink and Margot are the same they both get controlled, Mom/dad and the teacher are the same they are all oblivious, and the Classmates and Drill are the same they control. This supports my claim because it shows that all the characters in the books have similar roles and traits which make the short stories so much more similar, it really shows that the books are similar beyond the surface and share a real connection in the depths of