All Summer in a Day

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All Summer in a Day: An Analysis All Summer in a Day was written by Ray Bradbury and was originally published in a science-fiction magazine in 1959. All Summer in a Day was written by Ray Bradbury. It was originally published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in March 1954. In the 1980s, PBS produced and aired its television adaptation in a less emotionally distressing manner than the original version. The ending was extended to show that the children felt sorry for what they have done to the lead character named Margot. Characters of All Summer in a Day Margot – Margot is a little, sickly girl who used to live in Ohio. She is the only child on Venus who can remember how the Earth and the Sun looked like. A "very frail girl who looked as if she had been lost in the rain for years," Margot was the subject of bullying among her classmates. They stuffed Margot inside the closet so she could not see the sun after a prediction came that it would appear. William – William is one of Margot's classmates. He hates Margot because he thought she was weird and different from them. That is why on the day that sun was about to shine, he led the class in stuffing Margo inside the closet. Setting All Summer in a Day was set in Venus, which, because of its thick atmosphere, was filled with rain all the time. Seldom did the sun appear – once every seven years – and when it did, the rocket men only had one or two hours to enjoy it. Plot of All Summer in a Day The story is about a class of schoolchildren on Venus. The thick atmosphere of Venus still exists at this time, and it is constantly raining. The sun is only visible for one hour every seven years. Margot is a little girl who moved to Venus from Earth just five years before the story takes place, so she is the only one in her class to remember sunshine. She is an outcast because of her
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