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Margot's Isolation
To begin, Margot was isolated because of the children’s jealousy. “Margot stood apart from them, from these children who could ever remember a time when there wasn’t rain and rain and rain.” (Bradbury, 1954). Margot is the only student who can remember the sun. Because of this, they isolated her and she stood alone, from the children who could never remember a world without rain. They were jealous that she got to experience something they only dreamed of seeing. The author also used author’s craft to support the theme. Bradbury used repetition to emphasize how much rain there was, and how suffocating it was to Margot. Margot’s isolation is significant because it shows how different she is to the other students. This isolation leads to further

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