They think it is funny since they don’t understand how she feels. On the day the sun is expected to finally come out for a short time, Margot’s classmates play a prank on her. She yearns for the feel of warmth that the sun delivers. She does remember it though, from the time she still living on Earth. It has been a long time since she has seen the sun. She lives on the planet where the sun rarely comes out. The time and setting only added to the atmosphere. It made me feel sadness deep within my heart. The atmosphere of the story was something that just gripped my heart. All Summer in a Day moved me greatly when I read it. My Thoughts: It amazes me how Bradbury is able to convey such a great amount of emotion in such a short amount of pages. All of the children in Margot’s class are eagerly awaiting their first glimpse of the sun, but when the teacher leaves for a few minutes they decide to pull a very mean prank on Margot. The story takes place on the one day when the rain will stop and the sun will shine for a couple of hours.
All of the rain and cloud cover on her new planet are affecting her emotions, but her chance to see the sun once again is quickly approaching. She remembers the sun shining on Earth – something that it rarely does on Venus. Synopsis: Margot is a nine year old girl whose family moved from Earth to Venus when she was four.
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