Summary Of All Summer In A Day By Ray Bradbury

“All Summer in a Day,” a science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury, is about Margot, an Earthling who came to Venus at the age of 4. On Venus, the sun only comes out once every seven years. Margot has been on Venus for five years, and has been waiting to see the sun ever since she got there. William, a boy in her class locks her up in a closet right before the sun comes out, and keeps her in there the whole time the sun is out. William was jealous of Margot because she was from Earth, and she had the sun all the time. Therefore, he locked her in a closet. William didn’t like that Margot was from Earth and got the sun all the time. This is shown when the children say, “‘You’re lying; you don’t remember!’ cried the children. But she remembered, and stood quietly apart from all of them and watched the patterning windows” (Bradbury). Margot was describing the sun to the children as she remembered it, and the kids were automatically telling her she was wrong, because she was different, and that she was from Earth. This shows that the kids were jealous that she got to see the sun all the time when she was on Earth. This is also shown when, “...dimly, dimly, she sensed it, she was different and they knew her difference and kept away” (Bradbury). Margot is remembering when she was younger …show more content…
The children said that the sun coming out was, “‘All a joke,’” (Bradbury). The kids were telling Margot that the sun really wasn’t supposed to come out, and that it was all a joke. THey are telling Margot this because they don’t want her to realize she is right that the sun would come out. This shows that they don’t want to accept that she is right. This is also shown when, “They unlocked the door even more slowly, and let Margot out,” (Bradbury). The kids are letting Margot aout of the closet after the rain started again. This shows that the kids don't want to accept that Margot was right, because they are letting her out