all summer in a day

In “All Summer in a Day” (

March 1954),Ray Bradbury creates a strange world on the planet

Venus. The sun is only visible for two hours every seven years.

After I read the story “All Summer in a Day”, I felt very uncomfortable. How many people can

imagine that they would see the sun once during several years? What does this world become if

the sun disappears?

However, in this story, children did not remember the sun even if they had seen it when they

were two years old. Just like the sun had never came out. Except Margot--- a little girl moved to

Venus from earth five years ago and she was the only one in her class remembered the sun.

she was beautiful and frail, but solitary. She described the sun as “a flower”, “a penny” or “a

fire”

which

detached

herself

from

other

children.

Because

no

one

believed

her.

Living

in

the

world

without

sunshine,

people

became

vicious

and

wicked,

even

children.

They

mocked,

neglected and hated Margot.

As the sun really came out, they indulged in their astonishment and enjoyment. They all did not

remember

Margot

until

the

sun

disappeared

again.

I

think

that

the

sun

aroused

their

, at the end of the story, they felt ashame

d and guilty that Margot didn’t

get to

see

the

sun.

That’s

why

they

won’t

look

at

each

other

and

why

their

faces

were

pale.

They

learned that the consequences of their actions derived from jealousy were much worse than

they had expected.

The sun represents light, goodness and warmth. Without the sun, the world will be hopeless. In

my

view,

Margot

was

special,

just

like

the

sun.

She

believed firmly

what

she had

seen,

even