Character Analysis Of All Summer In A Day By Ray Bradbury

Bruce Nash, an American reality television producer, once said "I think there is a danger there of being mean to people and humiliating people and embarrassing people just because it might get you ratings. It is a disturbing trend." In the short story All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury, the students treat Margot - the main character who comes from Earth - cruelly because they were jealous of her and wanted attention. Since she was from Earth, she experienced feeling and seeing the sun more recently. The theme of this story is that people are mean to other because they are jealous and want to be like them. Throughout the story, students treated Margot differently - not in a good way - because she looked different and was not from their planet. She had seen and felt the sun more recently and remembered what it felt like. Whenever she tried to explain to the students what it is like they argued and said that "[she is] lying and [does not] remember [what the
That was basically every single student from Venus' dream - to have the chance to feel the sun. "They hated...her possible future," because they wanted her future. They wanted to be her. The fact that she had more of a tie with Earth and the sun made, the more jealous of Margot they were. Eventually their jealousy got to the point where they could not stand it and one student said to "put her in a closet before the teacher comes," (Bradbury 3). The students took everything out on Margot because they did not have what she did. The tendency be mean to the ones you want to be like is the subject matter displayed throughout All Summer in a Day. This happens when people are jealous of others because have what they want. Jealousy is something that happens every single day and is not easy to deal with. Although one feels the need to get back, ask your self one question; is it the right thing to