Jealousy And Hatred In Ray Bradbury's All Summer In A Day

The author Ray Bradbury, wrote the dystopian short story “All Summer in a Day” and he includes many themes throughout the story. The one that stands out the most is don’t let jealousy take control of your actions. In the story Margot, the main character, has classmates who act on her out of jealousy and hatred. The author points out many times how the children act out of jealousy and hatred. In the end, the children realize what they did after their jealousy and hatred melts away.

The theme don’t let jealousy control your actions is supported by many pieces of the story. One piece of the text Ray Bradbury writes is “And then, of course, the biggest crime of all was that she had come here only five years ago from Earth, and she remembered the sun” This piece from the story shows that others see Margot, the main character, that coming from Earth was a “crime” to them. Building off of that, the children are jealous of Margot because she remembers the sun and that others don’t. This is the reason why the children are jealous of her. Because the author is telling us that Margot coming from Earth is a crime, he builds up the jealousy so that soon, the other children will act out of their jealousy.
In another piece of his short story, Margot's classmates hatred build up. “And so, the children hated her for all these reasons of big and little consequence. They hated her pale snow face, her waiting silence, her thinness, and her possible future.” This children hate Margot. The author made sure to show how and why the children hate Margot. Some may suggest that the main theme of the short story would be that jealousy makes you blind to others, while this theme may be important, jealousy could take control of your actions would be more important because it includes the theme that jealousy can make you blind to