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Analysis Of Ray Bradbury's All Summer In A Day
In the beginning of Ray Bradbury’s story, a tense mood is established because of the title. All Summer in a Day provides the audience with an implied mood. Summer usually lasts a number of months, not one day. One can conclude that the setting of the story is an unrealistic place where a three-month season is only 24 hours. This creates a feeling of confusion and skepticism, and generates many questions. Most people associate summer with excitement, celebration and amusement, but what will happen when all this joy is condensed into one day? The mood then becomes troubled, yet with a certain degree of adventure and bliss. Bradbury used the word “all” in the title to indicate and strengthen the fact that one whole season occurs in one day, and

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