Introduction
Bradbury’s story “All Summer in a day” revolves around a day’s happening in planet Venus after it is colonized by humans. This story falls under the category of Science fiction. So far, Earth is the only planet supporting human beings and the survival of millions of plants and thousands of animals. But in this story we come across children who are settled in Venus in an underground tunnel.
Excitement of children Scientist predicted that the Sun would be visible in planet Venus for an hour. Children, in the dark planet, were overjoyed about the event. Each tried to visualise how the Sun would appear. Except Margot, all the children had seen the Sun seven years ago. M&rgot had come only four years ago. Till 5, she was in Ohio and had seen and enjoyed many “sunny days” and summer lasting three months. She says it is an orb like a penny. It is a kind of a ball with yellow flame. Its burning like a stove. The more details she gives, the more she is hated by her peers. Realising the unspoken but obvious contempt in the eyes of the peers, Margot keeps quiet. William teases Margot. Her silence of deep understanding of Sun annoys peers.
Be different and be punished Margot is different from the students in the school. One day she even threw tantrums and wanted to be sent back to her parents to the earth. Other children realised that it would cost a fortune for her parents. But she was helpless. She stopped talking to the peers who did not hide their hatred. They teased her. She ignored and started anxiously waiting for the brief encounter with the Sun. She deeply believed that as per the prediction of the scientists, they would see the sun for an hour in the Venus planet. Her knowing silence and unwillingness disturbed the peers so much that they forcefully locked her up in a room.
Vivid Memory When other children had nightmarish dreams recalling how the Sun was 7 years ago, Margot remembered the yellow lemon-like ball of fire she had seen almost everyday in Ohio for 5 long years. She secretly disdained the inadequate knowledge of her peers.
Pride and Prejudice Margot was in love with the Sun. Margot wrote a poem, “I think Sun is a flower, that blooms for just one hour.” She read out the poem when it was raining outside the classroom. She knew for sure that her friends were dreaming and remembering gold or yellow crayon or coin large enough to buy the world with. They were often woken up by the tatting drum of rainfall. Her unexpressed pride over her knowledge of the Sun had really caused a prejudice among children. They locked her up in the anticipated day of sunlight
