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The Theme Of Jealousy In All Summer In A Day By Ray Bradbury
Margot is a girl on Venus that wants to see the sun more than anything. In “All Summer In A Day” by Ray Bradbury explores the subject of jealousy. Jealousy can bring people to do many things that they might regret later. All of her classmates don’t like her since they are jealous and she is different than everyone else. Before she was on Venus, she was on Earth. She was born, barely grew up there, but she still lived there and that is one reason why her classmates are jealous of her. And since she hasn’t been able to adjust to Venus and the lack of sun, her parents are talking about taking her back to Earth. “ There was talk that her father and mother were taking her back to earth next year; it seems vital to her that they do so, though

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