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All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury: Summary | Short Story
All Summer in a Day
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All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury
This short story “All Summer in a Day” was written by Ray Bradbury, an American author. This short story was first published in March 1954 in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. The setting of this story is a fictitious planet Venus, where the characters live. Here on this sunless planet Venus, it rains all day, every day. The sun rises here only around every seven years for a few hours. The small girl named Margot is the main character who seems to be the only one who clearly remembers the sun. She can remember this because she had left Earth only five years earlier, while the rest of the children in her class had lived their entire lives on this planet Venus. Here, we find themes such as jealousy, bullying, isolation etc.
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All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury
When the story begins, we find a group of schoolchildren gathered around. They are talking very excitedly about the possibility of seeing the Sun on Venus. These children are in their class in a school on the planet Venus. All of their parents have travelled from Earth to Venus to establish human civilization on this strange planet. It rains continuously for seven years at this place on Venus. However, scientists' predictions say that the rain will stop and the sun will appear one day every seven years. Today is that day, and the children are looking out the window to see. Their teacher is away from class but is expected back at any time.
The main character of the story is Margot. She stands apart from the other children. She seems quite weak and pale. She never participates in games with the other children. When all the children in the class sing songs, she barely moves her lips unless the songs are about the sun. The fact behind Margot staying apart from the group is that she can vividly remember the sun while the other children cannot. Margot is nine years old, like the rest of her classmates. But unlike Margot, her classmates have spent their entire lives on the planet Venus; None of them can remember the look of the sun or its feel. When the sun appeared seven years ago, they were all very young.
In fact, she was brought to this planet only five years ago with her parents. She spent her first four years on Earth and clearly remembers the sun. Far from the sun, Margot isn't doing well on Venus. Her parents are planning to take her back to Earth, no matter how expensive it will be. The other children aren't happy with Margot for missing the sun and the possibility that she might have a chance to return to her home planet, Earth. When Margot describes her experiences as well as her memories regarding the sun, the children threaten her and say that they don’t believe her. It is revealed that a month earlier, Margot had refused to take a bath, insisting that the water should not touch her head. This very incident makes Margot feel even more isolated and different.
The class children had spent time reading and writing about the sun just a day before. Margot also wrote a short poem and read it silently to the class. One of the bully boys in the class, named William, accused Margot of not writing poetry herself, and the teacher scolded her. But now, with the teacher away for a while, William starts bullying Margot again. William asks her a question, and she does not answer. William pushes Margot. He tells Margot to go away and says that she will not be able to see the sun here. William then turns to the rest of the class and loudly announces that nothing is going to happen, that the sun will not come up, and that it is all a joke.
Margot refutes William, saying that scientists predict the sun will rise today. But William simply captures her and tells the other children to help him drag her down the tunnel and lock her in a closet. As a group of children pick up Margot, she starts crying and pleading. They carry her to a closet and lock her inside. The children stand just outside the cell and hear the calls of Margot's struggle to get out. A bit later, they leave Margot there in the closet and go back into the tunnel.
Later, their teacher comes and asks if everyone is present and ready. She doesn't notice Margot's absence. All the children answer, "Yes!" Then, as the rain subsides and stops, they all gather around the door. The door opens, the sun comes out, and the world around them suddenly goes quiet. As the children scream and run into the sun, the teacher tells them that they only have two hours and don't have to get very far. Children run around, take off their jackets, and look at the sun. They are quite amazed at how much better the sun is than a sunlamp. The children stop to look at the tangles of brown, white, and black forests around them. They lie on vegetation, watch the sun, and play games among the trees. Then they start running around wildly and screaming.
The children run around non-stop for an hour until one girl screams. The girl extends her hand, and the children gather to watch. The girl has a drop of rain in her hand. Clouds in the sky start blocking the sun, and it starts raining again. As the rain becomes heavier, the children retreat to their underground shelter and stand at the door. Later, they shut the door and listened to the rain.
A bit later, one of the children remembers something and reminds the other children that Margot is still in the closet where they locked her. The children stand still for a minute. They see their hands and feet and are unable to see each other. Slowly, the children walk down the hall towards the closet where Margot is still imprisoned. The children stand near the closet door and hear only silence. Finally, they open the door of the closet and finally let Margot out of it.
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