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    English Reaction- Like or dislike All Summer In A Day All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury depicts an innocent girl who is tormented by her society for not being the same. I like this story immensely‚ not only for its engaging plot but how it directly correlates with society today. It also shows how people are pure pressured into being someone they aren’t. The first reason I liked this story is because of its futuristic setting. The story is set in Venus in a jungle where all it does is rain.

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    Difference Ray Bradbury’s short story “All Summer in a Day” suggests the theme that people sometimes feel isolated for their different beliefs and values. The author displays this theme through the use of figurative language‚ flashbacks‚ and conflict. When Margot describes the sun to her classmates‚ she tells them that “It’s like a penny”(2). She also tells them that “It’s like a fire… in the stove”(2). These quotes are examples of figurative language‚ similes specifically‚ that reveal how

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    ” Said Joseph B. Wirthlin an American businessman and religious leader. This issue of not taking things for granted seems to be a common theme throughout the 3 books‚ “Z for Zachariah” by Robert C. O’brien‚” Ponies” by Kij Johnson‚ and “All Summer In a Day” by Ray Bradbury.These books show how important it is to have value in the things around you because you never know when they can be taken away. In the story” Z for Zachariah‚”

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    Ralph Waldo Emerson once stated‚ “The only way to have a friend is to be one.” However‚ some people advise not to be a friend and treat others unfairly. “All Summer in a Day” is a science fiction‚ short story written by Ray Bradbury. In the story‚ the sun is about to come out‚ even though it has been seven years with only rain and no glimpse of the sun. There are some children on Venus‚ and in Margot’s class she is the only one who wasn’t born on Venus. This causes the others to make fun of her. The

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    children were crushed in the great thick windows”. We hardly get rain in Phoenix AZ. When we get rain everybody gets happy. Teachers open there classroom doors and sometimes let their students take a look. Children can be cruel is the theme in “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury. The author illustrates that kids sometimes do whatever they want‚ as the theme through the story. The author illustrates his theme with figurative language. “They turned on themselves‚ like a feverish wheel‚ all tumbling spokes”

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    “All a joke!” said the boy‚ and seized her roughly. In the story All summer in A Day‚ a short story by Ray Bradbury‚ Margot‚ a small timid girl gets one of her wishes ripped away from her. It was the first day in seven years that the sun would appear in the planet of Venus. Everybody in Margot’s class didn’t believe the stories she told them from when she lived on planet Earth. The day th sun would be coming out‚ Margot told the class what was going to happen‚ but as usual they just ignored her and

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    In the story “All Summer in a Day”‚ Ray Bradbury uses comparisons‚ sentence variety and descriptive word or sentences to show that the sun is important in the children’s lives. The story is about children who live on venus and have never seen the sun because it only comes out every 7 years. But there is this girl named margot who she claims she has seen the sun and the other children in the class don’t believe her so‚ before the sun comes out for the first time in 7 years the other kids lock her

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    One day on a hot summer day two friends named kendrick and eddie who were the best of friends who met in 4th grade were hanging out. they were at eddies house where they were playing a awesome video game called nba 2k13 which they were rivals at always arguing who was the best and who had the best record till another one of there friends named rasheed called and said lets ride bikes. they waited for about a hour till rasheed showed up so kendrick and eddie went and grabbed everything they needed

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    the photo was a close up of him so I could remember his cute face. As soon as I took the photo‚ I immediately thought of Alice and Rose’s troubled relationship. Rose is usually the one trying to reach out and connect with her mother‚ but unfortunately her mother doesn’t reciprocate. The in-between space from This One Summer I intended to capture in the photo is the space between Alice and Rose. They don’t fully ignore each other‚ but they don’t connect either. I also wrote a poem‚ which accompanies

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    One Day on a Friday Night One Friday night‚ I was out fooling around with my friend Tej Sanghvi‚ celebrating his 16th birthday. We started the night out at Hooter’s and maneuvered our way into Birmingham. At The Palladium‚ we bought tickets to watch Fast and Furious 6‚ followed by a sleep over. Before we returned home‚ we could hear our stomachs growling‚ so we decided to stop and grab Thai food along the way. As we made our way to Bangkok Thai‚ the parking gods were shining down upon us‚ guiding

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