All Summer In A Day Figurative Language

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 Margot sees the sun. Her view of the sun is very different from her classmates, who do not believe her description. To her, the sun is like “a fire in the stove” or like “a penny”, while the other students cannot remember what the sun looked like.