Monday, February 3, 2014

All Summer in a Day

                                                             All Summer in a Day
                                                               By: Ray Bradbury
Summary-
The story starts on the planet Venus, and a little girl named Margot talks about the sun. The other classmates do not believe in her and think she is weird. Venus gets only one hour of sun every seven years, but as the children were going to have fun, the children lock Margot in the closet, missing the rare sun.

Characters-
The main character, Margot may seem week, but you have to notice that, even though she was laughed at, she stuck with her beliefs. Normal people would have just gone with the crowd, but Margot did not want to lie about what she believed in. Margot loved the sun.

The antagonists of this story, William and the classmates are bad kids because they teased Margot for being different. They seem to not trust strange people shown when they did not trust Margot, and possibly forgetful as they forgot that Margot was in the closet while they were happily playing.

Plot Elements-
The exposition in the short story would be when the story takes place on Venus, and it rains for pretty much seven years, and in those seven years, only one hour of sun shows.

The rising action in the short story would be when William and the classmates teased and tortured Margot for being different, and saying that she is lying about the sun.

The climax in the short story would be when the sun is finally about to show, but William leads his classmates to trap Margot into a closet, while they go and see the sun.

Truth be told, I can’t find a real resolution in this story because, Margot never got to see the sun, nor is there any compensation for the trouble she went through. But, if I had to say something, then it would be when she is released from the closet.

My honest feelings for the short story-
I truly enjoyed how to story was going because I thought that this story would show a happy ending, but was saddened by the ending because she never got to see the sun. I enjoyed the setting of the story because of its originality, but was shocked by the ironic twist near the end, because Margot never saw the sun.

If there was a moral in this story, it would be, show some trust. Because the children did not believe in her, 
Margot suffered for no real reason. I truly feel like this is a important moral.


I have three words for this story, I am sorry.

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