All Summer In A Day Theme Essay

“The more often we see things around us - even beautiful and wonderful things- the more they become invisible to us. That is why we often take things for granted, the beauty of this world; the flowers, the trees, the birds , the clouds , the sun, even those we love. Because we see things so often, we see them less and less.” 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,”
It was objectified when in the story the sun was taken away from the kids. For example on page 1 when the narrator said, “ the children pressed to each other like so many roses, so many weeds, intermixed peering out for a look at the hidden sun.” is showing an example of the issue. In other words the quote is saying that they were all pressed up together looking for the sun that they haven't seen in a long time. The supports my claim because it is showing how the children miss the sun which is something we often take for granted because we see it so often, but once it is taken away you can see how it affect the society. Another example to support my claim was on page when the narrator says, “ It rained. It rained for seven years.” I think what the quote is trying to say is that it had rained for 7 years straight and they haven't seen the sun or any type of weather in 7 years. This supports my claim because it is showing how they used to take the sun for granted and never really noticed it but now that they don’t have it they miss it and wish to go back to when they had the